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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aeetes tell Circe he thinks about what she did to Scylla?
(a) He tells her Scylla will try to find a way to change herself back.
(b) He tells her Scylla will try to get revenge on her.
(c) He tells her Scylla will still marry a god.
(d) He tells her Scylla might do quite well as a monster because she has her own form of power now.

2. Where is Medea traveling to when she leaves Aiaia?
(a) Crete.
(b) Rome.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iolcos.

3. What does Circe's first divine visitor ask of her when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 8?
(a) To store Apollo's lyre there.
(b) To give Circe his son, who is in danger.
(c) To eat from Circe's pantry because he is starving.
(d) To take shelter from Athena's wrath.

4. Why are monsters a boon to gods?
(a) Because they have to pay tribute to the gods.
(b) Because they kill more people to send to the underworld.
(c) Because they cause people to pray to the gods more.
(d) Because they highlight how beautiful gods are with their own ugliness.

5. Who is Medea's father?
(a) Perses.
(b) Aeetes.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Zeus.

6. What does Daedalus build to contain the Minotaur?
(a) The Labyrinth.
(b) The Golden Cage.
(c) The Ten-Mile Maze.
(d) The Serpentine Garden.

7. What skill does Circe cultivate during her early days on Aiaia?
(a) Kite-making.
(b) Painting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Sorcery.

8. What is Circe's father's hall made out of?
(a) Golden threads.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Black obsidian.
(d) White Marble.

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

10. Who are the two main groups of opposing gods who maintain a fragile peace?
(a) Olympians and Romans.
(b) Olympians and Trojans.
(c) Titans and Italians.
(d) Titans and Olympians.

11. Who does Circe disguise herself as on the ship to Crete?
(a) Aeetes.
(b) Helios.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

12. Who is the niece of Circe's that she meets for the first time in Crete?
(a) Medea.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ariadne.
(d) Scylla.

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

14. What does Daedalus give Circe as a gift?
(a) A loom.
(b) A jewel.
(c) A ship.
(d) A scythe.

15. Why is Circe so happy to see the sailors who have lost their way and come to her for aid in Chapter 14?
(a) She needs a way to get off the island, and they have a ship.
(b) She has been threatened by Zeus.
(c) She is lonely.
(d) She is afraid of the animals on the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Circe's first divine visitor to Aiaia?

2. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?

3. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?

4. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?

5. Where does Pasiphae get married?

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