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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapter Sixteen - Chapter Twenty).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Circe's mother unhappy with Pasiphae's husband?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is ugly.
(c) There is a prophecy that he will die young.
(d) He is mortal.

2. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?
(a) Stories about his own birth.
(b) Stories about Circe's life as a goddess.
(c) Stories about how Circe casts her spells.
(d) Stories about his father Odysseus.

3. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?
(a) Ravenous hunger.
(b) Visions.
(c) Extreme sickness.
(d) Long bouts of deep sleep.

4. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?
(a) The strutter flower.
(b) The periwinkle.
(c) The moly root.
(d) The white oleander.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Circe expect the gods to do to her once they find out she has practiced transformation spells?

2. What is Circe's father's hall made out of?

3. Who comes to look for Medea and Jason shortly after they leave Aiaia in Chapter 13?

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

5. Who marries Minos, son of Zeus?

(see the answer key)

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