Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Circe's father?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Helios.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Zeus.

2. What does a mortal fisherman offer Circe that she has never tasted before in Chapter 4?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Bread.
(c) Wine.
(d) Olives.

3. How does Daedalus feel about his role in bringing the Minotaur to the world?
(a) Elated.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Proud.

4. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?
(a) Makes it a completely docile, harmless creature.
(b) Makes all its teeth fall out once per month.
(c) Staunches its appetite so it will only want to eat humans at harvest time.
(d) Charms it so it can not leave its cage.

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

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

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

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

9. 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 is the most beautiful music in the world.
(c) That her voice is only a whisper.
(d) That her voice can speak in many different languages.

10. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?
(a) They have been badly beaten.
(b) They are enchanted and controlled by Aeetes.
(c) They have been drugged.
(d) They are malnourished.

11. What does Odysseus ask of Circe before they sleep together?
(a) A promise that she would give him all her treasure.
(b) An oath by the River Styx that she would not hurt him.
(c) A promise that she would set his men free.
(d) For her to give him the powerful amulet around her neck.

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

13. How does Circe respond to Daedalus when he thanks her in Chapter 9?
(a) She weeps in thanks.
(b) She tells him he is a fool to thank her, because it was she who made Scylla.
(c) She tells him she will take all of his future creations to pay his debt to her.
(d) She throws herself into the sea in despair.

14. What does the leader of the sailors do to Circe in Chapter 14?
(a) Slaughters her animals against her wishes.
(b) Takes her prisoner on his ship.
(c) Steals her finest bowls.
(d) Rapes her.

15. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?
(a) Astronomers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Wives.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great danger does Circe lead the sailors through on the way to Crete?

2. What creature does Pasiphae give birth to?

3. Who is Daedalus's son?

4. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?

5. How does Circe change the mortal fisherman into a god?

(see the answer keys)

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