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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. How does Circe actually give birth?
(a) She gives herself a C-section.
(b) Her father finally comes to her aid.
(c) Her mother comes to assist her.
(d) She asks her nymphs to help her.

2. What does Circe's brother do to help her heal?
(a) He gives her a mirror to reflect the sun on her skin, which helps her heal.
(b) He gives her a flower to rub on her skin.
(c) He gives her a pill to swallow, which helps her skin heal.
(d) He gives her a salve and utters a spell to help her skin heal.

3. How does Daedalus attempt to escape Crete?
(a) By building in invisible ship.
(b) By praying to Athena to smuggle him out.
(c) By buying airplane tickets in secret.
(d) By making a set of wings out of birds' feathers and candle wax.

4. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Teaches them witchcraft.
(b) Makes them into goddesses.
(c) Hangs them.
(d) Sends them to Crete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What great weapon does Circe bring back to help protect Telegonus on his journey?

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

3. Which uncle of Circe's is punished brutally by Zeus?

4. What prophecy does Odysseus hear about his own death?

5. Who is Circe's grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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