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

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

3. Which sibling does Circe take on caring for?
(a) Perses.
(b) Pasiphae.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Aeetes.

4. How long does Aeetes tell Circe he has had his powers?
(a) For several months.
(b) Since she taught them to him.
(c) Since he was a teenager.
(d) Since birth.

5. What does Helios tell Aeetes he will do to him once he has learned about Aeetes's powers?
(a) The gods will give him the same punishment as Prometheus.
(b) The gods will elevate him to stand at Zeus's right hand.
(c) The gods will watch him closely in his kingdom.
(d) The gods will banish him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aeetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that stuns her?

2. How does Circe change the mortal fisherman into a god?

3. Who kills the Minotaur?

4. What is Helios the god of?

5. Who does Circe disguise herself as on the ship to Crete?

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