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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapter Eleven - Chapter Fifteen).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?
(a) It is a rickety shack.
(b) It is a windowless bungalow made of black obsidian.
(c) It is a cave.
(d) It is well-stocked with food and fine furnishings.

2. What does the leader of the sailors do to Circe in Chapter 14?
(a) Slaughters her animals against her wishes.
(b) Steals her finest bowls.
(c) Rapes her.
(d) Takes her prisoner on his ship.

3. Who does Circe disguise herself as on the ship to Crete?
(a) Athena.
(b) Helios.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Zeus.

4. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?
(a) Children.
(b) Astronomers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Wives.

5. How does Circe travel to Aiaia?
(a) By ship.
(b) On an airplane.
(c) In Helios's golden chariot.
(d) By chimney flue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which uncle of Circe's is punished brutally by Zeus?

2. Where does Pasiphae get married?

3. What was Jason trying to obtain from Medea's father?

4. Who comes to Aiaia in Chapter 15 that is different from all other men Circe has met before?

5. How does Daedalus feel about his role in bringing the Minotaur to the world?

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