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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kindness does Circe do for her uncle who is punished in Chapter 2?
(a) She frees him from his chains.
(b) She wipes his wounds.
(c) She brings him food.
(d) She brings him nectar.

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

3. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?
(a) The strutter flower.
(b) The moly root.
(c) The white oleander.
(d) The periwinkle.

4. What does Aeetes tell Circe about that he thinks there is great potential power in in Chapter 3?
(a) Good food.
(b) Pharmaka.
(c) Weapons.
(d) The ocean waves.

5. What does Pasiphae tell Circe unites them in Chapter 11?
(a) They both want more children.
(b) They both love the same kind of men.
(c) They both loathe their family.
(d) They both want to overthrow Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the leader of the sailors do to Circe in Chapter 14?

2. What does Odysseus ask of Circe before they sleep together?

3. Who comes to Aiaia in Chapter 15 that is different from all other men Circe has met before?

4. How does Circe try to change Scylla back to herself in Chapter 9?

5. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What special gift does Helios have that Perse asks him to use at the birth of each of their children?

2. Why does Circe cast her spell on Scylla?

3. What does Helios do when Circe contradicts him in front of the other divinities in Chapter 6?

4. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?

5. What is Circe's relationship with her brother Aaetes like when they are children?

6. How does Aaetes treat Circe when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 13?

7. What does Aaetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that shocks and saddens her?

8. What advice does Aaetes give Circe the night before she leaves for her exile?

9. What does Prometheus do that brings Zeus's wrath upon him?

10. What are Circe's parents' opinions of mortals?

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