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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. 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) Rapes her.
(d) Slaughters her animals against her wishes.

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

3. What does Helios say must be done with Circe because of the way she used her powers?
(a) She will receive the same punishment as Prometheus.
(b) She is banished to an island in exile.
(c) She will be forced to change others into monsters.
(d) She is sentenced to live under the sea all her days with Trygon.

4. Who was a great warrior that Odysseus had fought beside?
(a) Minos.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Achilles.

5. In Chapter 13, who comes to Circe to lift the curse they carry?
(a) Poseidon and Medea.
(b) Jason and Medea.
(c) Ariadne and Medea.
(d) Daedalus and Icarus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daedalus attempt to escape Crete?

2. What creature does Pasiphae give birth to?

3. Who is Medea's father?

4. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?

5. What does Telegonus point out to Penelope that surprises Circe in Chapter 23?

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