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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who finally stops Odysseus's reign of terror on Ithaca?
(a) Circe.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Telegonus.
(d) Athena.
2. What animal does Circe transform to try to trick Scylla?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Men.
(d) Fish.
3. How does Circe actually give birth?
(a) She gives herself a C-section.
(b) She asks her nymphs to help her.
(c) Her father finally comes to her aid.
(d) Her mother comes to assist her.
4. What important task does Telemachus offer to do for Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) Make dinner.
(b) Build an enchanted stone wall.
(c) Fix Telegonus's boat.
(d) Mend the sty.
5. What kind of a disposition does Circe's infant son have?
(a) Extremely sleepy.
(b) Docile.
(c) Very cranky.
(d) Very active.
6. Who does Circe think may lead her to the halls of the dead someday?
(a) Hades.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Daedalus.
7. What ordeal do Telemachus and Penelope suffer after Odysseus goes off to war?
(a) They are forced out of the palace and made to live like shepherds.
(b) They are forced to fend off attacks from the Romans.
(c) They are forced to give away all of their money.
(d) They are forced to fend off would-be suitors of Penelope's.
8. Who is Odysseus's father?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Daedalus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Laertes.
9. How do Penelope and Circe act towards one another when Penelope first comes to Aiaia?
(a) Very politely.
(b) They fight each other with their powers of witchcraft.
(c) They do not speak at all.
(d) Angrily.
10. How long does Odysseus ask Circe to stay on Aiaia?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.
11. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?
(a) Stories about his own birth.
(b) Stories about how Circe casts her spells.
(c) Stories about his father Odysseus.
(d) Stories about Circe's life as a goddess.
12. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Makes them into goddesses.
(b) Teaches them witchcraft.
(c) Hangs them.
(d) Sends them to Crete.
13. 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 was always his favorite.
(c) That she should be queen someday even though she is dishonorable.
(d) That she was always the prettiest.
14. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?
(a) The gods want her to suffer much pain.
(b) The gods are angry for what she did with Prometheus.
(c) The gods do not want her child to be born.
(d) The gods are jealous.
15. Which of Odysseus's men likes to sleep on Circe's roof?
(a) Asher.
(b) Dan.
(c) Paris.
(d) Elpenor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?
2. Who is Athena's message for in Chapter 23?
3. What does Odysseus ask Telemachus to do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
4. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?
5. What does Circe lose in the fight against Scylla?
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