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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. Which sibling does Circe take on caring for?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Perses.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Odysseus.

2. Who is Circe's grandfather?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Kronos.
(c) Oceanus.
(d) Zeus.

3. What is Helios the god of?
(a) Water.
(b) Fates.
(c) Sun.
(d) Wind.

4. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?
(a) She tries to convince Medea to kill Jason.
(b) She tries to convince Medea to seek Helios's aid.
(c) She tries to convince Medea to stay with her and practice witchcraft.
(d) She tries to convince Medea to go back to her father.

5. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Daedalus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helios do to Circe when she insists it was her power that changed Scylla?

2. Who is Circe's first divine visitor to Aiaia?

3. Who is Daedalus's son?

4. Who is the niece of Circe's that she meets for the first time in Crete?

5. Who is the king of all gods and men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the first visitor Circe has on Aiaia and why does that person come?

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

3. How do the gods react to Scylla's transformation?

4. Who is the leader of the first ship that lands on Aiaia during Circe's exile and why did he come?

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

6. What does the first ship of sailors who show up on Aiaia in Chapter 14 do to Circe, and how does she repay them?

7. What does Circe teach herself more about little by little in her exile on Aiaia?

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

9. How do Daedalus and Icarus escape Crete?

10. Why is Circe disgusted with Hermes' telling of how Ariadne dies?

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