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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Circe nervous about Telegonus's journey to Ithaca?
(a) She is nervous Telegonus will get married and forget about her.
(b) She is nervous Telegonus will be seduced by other witches.
(c) She is nervous he will be resented by Telemachus and Penelope.
(d) She is nervous Odysseus will kill him.

2. What does Circe take from her old homeland?
(a) The flowers that have the power to transform that she first used on Glaucos and Scylla.
(b) Her old gold.
(c) Her father's staff.
(d) Her old crown.

3. What happens to Scylla as she dies?
(a) Her heads fall off.
(b) She explodes.
(c) Her legs fall off.
(d) She turns back to her old form.

4. What monster had Odysseus and his men been ambushed by?
(a) The cyclops.
(b) Scylla.
(c) The huge octopus.
(d) The kraken.

5. Who does Circe think may lead her to the halls of the dead someday?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Hades.

6. What kind of weapon does Telemachus bring to Aiaia that makes Circe nervous?
(a) A sword.
(b) A small knife.
(c) An axe.
(d) A gun.

7. What does Athena tell Telemachus she wants him to do?
(a) Transform to become part deity.
(b) Become a king in Crete.
(c) Slaughter everyone in Ithaca.
(d) Start a new settlement of Greeks in Italy.

8. How does Odysseus die?
(a) Telemachus stabs him with a knife.
(b) He drowns by accident.
(c) Telegonus shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(d) Telegonus accidentally pierces him with Trygon's tail.

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

10. What does Helios say about Circe in relation to the rest of his children?
(a) That she has always been the worst of his children.
(b) That she should be queen someday even though she is dishonorable.
(c) That she was always his favorite.
(d) That she was always the prettiest.

11. Who was it that first suggested Penelope and Telemachus should come back to Aiaia?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Telegonus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Odysseus.

12. Which sea god had Odysseus incurred the wrath of?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Glaucos.
(c) Tythus.
(d) Oceanus.

13. What chair of Circe's did Odysseus once like to sit in?
(a) The gold chair.
(b) The silver chair.
(c) The wooden chair.
(d) The bronze chair.

14. Who is Athena's message for in Chapter 23?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Telegonus.
(c) Circe.
(d) Penelope.

15. Which of Circe's wolves is the most attached to Telegonus?
(a) Arcturos.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hernando.
(d) Achilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Odysseus the gift of the contrary winds to speed his way on the ship?

2. Why is Telemachus angry with Circe?

3. How does Circe actually give birth?

4. What does Circe fear Telemachus has come to Aiaia to do?

5. What ordeal do Telemachus and Penelope suffer after Odysseus goes off to war?

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