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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 Odysseus ask of Circe before they sleep together?
(a) A promise that she would set his men free.
(b) A promise that she would give him all her treasure.
(c) An oath by the River Styx that she would not hurt him.
(d) For her to give him the powerful amulet around her neck.

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

3. What does Scylla transform into as a result of Circe's slipping herbs in her bath water?
(a) A terrible sea monster with tentacles.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A toad.
(d) A snake.

4. Who comes to look for Medea and Jason shortly after they leave Aiaia in Chapter 13?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Perses.
(c) Helios.
(d) Aeetes.

5. What does Circe expect the gods to do to her once they find out she has practiced transformation spells?
(a) Celebrate her.
(b) Bestow her with special extra powers.
(c) Give her her own workshop.
(d) Punish her severely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Perses go shortly after Pasiphae's wedding?

2. Which god fell in love with Ariadne?

3. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?

4. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?

5. Who is Daedalus's son?

(see the answer key)

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