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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?
(a) Stories about Circe's life as a goddess.
(b) Stories about how Circe casts her spells.
(c) Stories about his father Odysseus.
(d) Stories about his own birth.

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

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

4. How long does Circe say it will take her to undo the protective spell on Aiaia so Athena can visit?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 10 days.

5. What does Penelope tell Circe became of Medea?
(a) Medea struck out on her own and married a sorcerer after Jason.
(b) Medea died in the war in Troy.
(c) Medea married a divine cousin.
(d) Jason sought a new wife, and Medea burned her to death.

6. What does Odysseus ask Telemachus to do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Kill them brutally.
(b) Turn them into goddesses.
(c) Send them to Crete.
(d) Teach them witchcraft.

7. What ornament does Telemachus add to the boat Circe will use?
(a) A carved lion.
(b) A carved mermaid.
(c) A carved wolf.
(d) A carved sun.

8. What vision does Circe see of Telegonus when she asks if a god is trying to harm him?
(a) She sees Telegonus dead.
(b) She sees Telegonus as a great warrior.
(c) She sees Telegonus on Ithaca.
(d) She sees Telegonus as a king.

9. What does Circe do on her travels with Telemachus?
(a) Paints.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Makes salves and healing ointments.
(d) Sings.

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

11. Where does Telegonus want to travel to in Chapter 19?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) Persia.
(c) Helios's halls.
(d) Ithaca.

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

13. 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.

14. What ordeal do Telemachus and Penelope suffer after Odysseus goes off to war?
(a) They are forced to fend off would-be suitors of Penelope's.
(b) They are forced out of the palace and made to live like shepherds.
(c) They are forced to fend off attacks from the Romans.
(d) They are forced to give away all of their money.

15. Who finally stops Odysseus's reign of terror on Ithaca?
(a) Telegonus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Circe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?

3. What great weapon does Circe bring back to help protect Telegonus on his journey?

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

5. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?

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