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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Odysseus from?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Rome.

2. What important task does Telemachus offer to do for Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) Fix Telegonus's boat.
(b) Build an enchanted stone wall.
(c) Mend the sty.
(d) Make dinner.

3. Who is Odysseus's son?
(a) Aeetes.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Jason.
(d) Telesphecus.

4. What does Circe once tell Telemachus about family?
(a) We are not our blood.
(b) You can not escape your family.
(c) There is no love like a mother's love.
(d) You are fated to repeat the mistakes of your parents.

5. Who is Odysseus's wife?
(a) Athena.
(b) Scylla.
(c) Pasiphae.
(d) Penelope.

6. What does the name Scylla mean?
(a) The Wrath.
(b) The Render.
(c) The Ugly.
(d) The Sin.

7. What does Circe say to the goddess who demands she hand her son over?
(a) She refuses.
(b) She kills the goddess.
(c) She complies.
(d) She complies, but asks for treasure in return.

8. Who comes to Aiaia with a prophecy for Odysseus?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Helios.

9. In her vision of hers and Telemachus's future, what does Circe see?
(a) That she accidentally kills Telemachus.
(b) That Helios finally approves of her.
(c) That Helios kills both of them.
(d) That they have two daughters.

10. How long does Odysseus ask Circe to stay on Aiaia?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 1 month.

11. Who comes back to Aiaia with Telegonus after he leaves Ithaca?
(a) Minos and Penelope.
(b) Pasiphae and Penelope.
(c) Penelope and Telemachus.
(d) Penelope and Odysseus.

12. What do the sailors who come to Aiaia in Chapter 19 help Telegonus with?
(a) Slaughtering animals.
(b) Casting spells.
(c) Learning to swim.
(d) Starting work on building a boat of his own.

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

14. What is the whirlpool near Scylla named?
(a) Miasma.
(b) Charybdis.
(c) Athens.
(d) Narwhalia.

15. What does Telegonus point out to Penelope that surprises Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) The different kinds of lambs on the island.
(b) The different cloud formations in the sky.
(c) The plants and herbs that Circe did not know he had noted.
(d) The formations of the constellations in the clear night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Odysseus's men before they can return to Ithaca from Aiaia?

2. Who is Odysseus compelled by the gods to go visit in Chapter 17?

3. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?

4. What does Circe tell Telemachus about her history with Scylla?

5. What monster had Odysseus and his men been ambushed by?

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