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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 does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?
(a) Makes all its teeth fall out once per month.
(b) Staunches its appetite so it will only want to eat humans at harvest time.
(c) Makes it a completely docile, harmless creature.
(d) Charms it so it can not leave its cage.

2. Who comes to Aiaia in Chapter 14 that Circe is not happy to see?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Helios.
(c) Athena.
(d) A nymph who has been exiled by her father.

3. What animal does Circe transform the sailors into in Chapter 14?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Pigs.

4. Why is Circe so happy to see the sailors who have lost their way and come to her for aid in Chapter 14?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She needs a way to get off the island, and they have a ship.
(c) She has been threatened by Zeus.
(d) She is afraid of the animals on the island.

5. Who does the fisherman who becomes a god spurn Circe in favor of?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Athena.
(c) Perse.
(d) Scylla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?

2. What kindness does Circe do for her uncle who is punished in Chapter 2?

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

4. What does Scylla transform into as a result of Circe's slipping herbs in her bath water?

5. How does Daedalus attempt to escape Crete?

(see the answer key)

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