View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Circe ask her grandmother Tethys to help the mortal fisherman she loves?
(a) She asks her to kill all the other fishermen.
(b) She asks her to give him a bigger ship.
(c) She asks her to bless his nets so he will catch many fish.
(d) She asks her to bestow gold and riches upon him.

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

3. Who comes to visit Circe after she confesses about transforming Scylla?
(a) Perses.
(b) Aeetes.
(c) Athena.
(d) Pasiphae.

4. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?
(a) Wives.
(b) Astronomers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Children.

5. Who is Circe's mother?
(a) Athena.
(b) Perse.
(c) Pasiphae.
(d) Thythus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?

2. What does Aeetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that stuns her?

3. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?

4. Who marries Minos, son of Zeus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who begins to start showing up uninvited on Aiaia in Chapter 14?

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

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

6. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?

7. How does Circe help Prometheus in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 711 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample