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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 does Circe's first divine visitor ask of her when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 8?
(a) To store Apollo's lyre there.
(b) To take shelter from Athena's wrath.
(c) To give Circe his son, who is in danger.
(d) To eat from Circe's pantry because he is starving.

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

3. How does Circe try to change Scylla back to herself in Chapter 9?
(a) With the strongest drugs she has.
(b) By reasoning with her.
(c) By apologizing.
(d) With an ancient transformation song.

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

5. What does Circe say when Hermes asks her if she will bear his child?
(a) Not unless he would marry her.
(b) Yes, in ten years' time.
(c) No, never.
(d) Not unless he would help her break her exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Circe take from her father in Chapter 2 in a small act of defiance?

2. Which sibling does Circe take on caring for?

3. What is the reaction of the gods and nymphs who know Scylla after her transformation?

4. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?

5. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Circe do to Scylla?

2. Why does Circe's mother Perse dislike her almost from the moment of her birth?

3. What is the only reason Helios begins to believe that Circe has real powers?

4. What are Helios's halls made of and why does Circe realize Helios picked this material?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Pasiphae tell Circe is the only thing that Helios and the rest of the gods care about?

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

7. What gift does Daedalus give to Circe when she leaves Crete and what does it symbolize?

8. Why does Circe think the house on Aiaia is so lovely in Chapter 7?

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

10. What does Pasiphae allude to about her relationship with Perses in Chaoter 11 that shocks Circe?

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