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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 do to Telegonus in desperation in Chapter 19 so that she may work and cast her protective spells?
(a) Gives him a potion that controls his mind.
(b) Gives him a potion that changes him into a pig.
(c) Gives him a potion that freezes him.
(d) Gives him a potion that kills him.

2. What does Circe say when Hermes asks her if she will bear his child?
(a) Yes, in ten years' time.
(b) Not unless he would marry her.
(c) No, never.
(d) Not unless he would help her break her exile.

3. Who is Odysseus's father?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Daedalus.

4. What happens to Odysseus's men before they can return to Ithaca from Aiaia?
(a) They are re-enlisted in the wars.
(b) They are snatched by the mermaids.
(c) They are killed by the Cyclops.
(d) They are destroyed by Helios for killing some of his cows.

5. What animal does Circe transform to try to trick Scylla?
(a) Men.
(b) Fish.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Odysseus mistakenly think Telemachus is?

2. What does Telemachus do on his and Circe's travels in Chapter 26?

3. What does the name Scylla mean?

4. Which goddess comes to demand that Circe give her son to her so he can be killed?

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

(see the answer key)

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