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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapter Twenty One - Chapter Twenty Three).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?
(a) Ares.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Apollo.

2. What monster had Odysseus and his men been ambushed by?
(a) Scylla.
(b) The huge octopus.
(c) The kraken.
(d) The cyclops.

3. What does a mortal fisherman offer Circe that she has never tasted before in Chapter 4?
(a) Bread.
(b) Wine.
(c) Olives.
(d) Cheese.

4. Which uncle of Circe's is punished brutally by Zeus?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Oceanus.
(d) Poseidon.

5. What does Telegonus tell Odysseus before Odysseus dies?
(a) That he has come to steal his treasure and marry his wife.
(b) That he will avenge his father's death.
(c) That he will throw himself into the River Styx.
(d) That he is his son Telegonus from the goddess Circe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What herb does Odysseus bring to Aiaia with him in Chapter 15?

2. What is Penelope's reason for wanting to come to Aiaia?

3. What ordeal do Telemachus and Penelope suffer after Odysseus goes off to war?

4. Why is Aiaia significant to Circe?

5. Why are monsters a boon to gods?

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