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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase of Daedalus's does Circe remember in Chapter 12 while exiled on Aiaia?
(a) A golden cage is still a cage.
(b) A goddess's value is in her deeds.
(c) Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
(d) A penny saved is a penny earned.

2. Which god fell in love with Ariadne?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Helios.
(d) Apollo.

3. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?
(a) She tries to convince Medea to kill Jason.
(b) She tries to convince Medea to stay with her and practice witchcraft.
(c) She tries to convince Medea to seek Helios's aid.
(d) She tries to convince Medea to go back to her father.

4. How long does Aeetes tell Circe he has had his powers?
(a) Since he was a teenager.
(b) For several months.
(c) Since she taught them to him.
(d) Since birth.

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

6. 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.

7. Who is the leader of the first ship that comes to Aiaia in Chapter 9?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Odysseus.

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

9. Who is Circe's grandfather?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Oceanus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Kronos.

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

11. Who kills the Minotaur?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Daedalus.

12. What does Hermes tell Circe about her voice that she has never heard before?
(a) That her voice is similar to those of mortals.
(b) That her voice can speak in many different languages.
(c) That her voice is the most beautiful music in the world.
(d) That her voice is only a whisper.

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

14. What does Aeetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that stuns her?
(a) He has been given his own kingdom and is leaving.
(b) He is becoming an evil sorcerer.
(c) He has been condemned to death.
(d) He has been exiled by Helios.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sibling was born right after Circe?

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

3. What herb does Odysseus bring to Aiaia with him in Chapter 15?

4. What animal does Circe transform the sailors into in Chapter 14?

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

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