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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. How does Circe ask her grandmother Tethys to help the mortal fisherman she loves?
(a) She asks her to bless his nets so he will catch many fish.
(b) She asks her to kill all the other fishermen.
(c) She asks her to bestow gold and riches upon him.
(d) She asks her to give him a bigger ship.

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

3. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?
(a) They have been drugged.
(b) They are enchanted and controlled by Aeetes.
(c) They are malnourished.
(d) They have been badly beaten.

4. What does Odysseus ask Telemachus to do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Kill them brutally.
(b) Send them to Crete.
(c) Teach them witchcraft.
(d) Turn them into goddesses.

5. What prophecy does Odysseus hear about his own death?
(a) That he will be killed by a new weapon.
(b) That he will be killed by a beast.
(c) That he will die on dry land but be killed by the sea.
(d) That he will be killed by bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jason trying to obtain from Medea's father?

2. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?

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

4. What does Scylla transform into as a result of Circe's slipping herbs in her bath water?

5. What does Circe tell Telemachus about when he asks for stories of Odysseus?

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