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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI (Chapter Twenty Four - Chapter Twenty Seven).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Circe take from her father in Chapter 2 in a small act of defiance?
(a) A sword with rubies.
(b) A dagger with an ivory haft.
(c) A golden bowl.
(d) A beautiful necklace.

2. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?
(a) She seems to feel guilty that she only had one son.
(b) She seems to feel guilty that she let Odysseus die.
(c) She seems to feel guilty about the affair she had while Odysseus fought in the wars.
(d) She seems to feel guilty that she let Telemachus bear the brunt of Odysseus's rage without intervening.

3. How does Odysseus die?
(a) Telemachus stabs him with a knife.
(b) He drowns by accident.
(c) Telegonus shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(d) Telegonus accidentally pierces him with Trygon's tail.

4. Who is Circe's first divine visitor to Aiaia?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hermes.

5. Who is the great craftsman that Circe catches a glimpse of at Pasiphae's wedding?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Minos.
(d) Daedalus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sailors who come to Aiaia in Chapter 19 help Telegonus with?

2. Where is Odysseus from?

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

4. How old is Telegonus when he accepts Athena's offer?

5. What does Aeetes tell Circe he thinks about what she did to Scylla?

(see the answer key)

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