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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. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Daedalus.

2. How does Daedalus feel about his role in bringing the Minotaur to the world?
(a) Proud.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Elated.

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

4. What phrase of Daedalus's does Circe remember in Chapter 12 while exiled on Aiaia?
(a) Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
(b) A golden cage is still a cage.
(c) A penny saved is a penny earned.
(d) A goddess's value is in her deeds.

5. What does Aeetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that stuns her?
(a) He has been given his own kingdom and is leaving.
(b) He is becoming an evil sorcerer.
(c) He has been condemned to death.
(d) He has been exiled by Helios.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aeetes tell Circe he thinks about what she did to Scylla?

3. What does a mortal fisherman offer Circe that she has never tasted before in Chapter 4?

4. Who is tasked with punishing Circe's uncle for Zeus?

5. Who marries Minos, son of Zeus?

(see the answer key)

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