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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. Who helps Telegonus with his work on his boat?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Artemis.

2. What does Telemachus do on his and Circe's travels in Chapter 26?
(a) Paints.
(b) Carves toys for children.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Sings.

3. How do Penelope and Circe act towards one another when Penelope first comes to Aiaia?
(a) Very politely.
(b) They do not speak at all.
(c) They fight each other with their powers of witchcraft.
(d) Angrily.

4. Who comes back to Aiaia with Telegonus after he leaves Ithaca?
(a) Pasiphae and Penelope.
(b) Minos and Penelope.
(c) Penelope and Odysseus.
(d) Penelope and Telemachus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Aiaia with a prophecy for Odysseus?

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

3. What does Circe do on her travels with Telemachus?

4. Which goddess comes to demand that Circe give her son to her so he can be killed?

5. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, why does Odysseus at first refuse to eat Circe's food?

2. What was Telemachus trying to do when he saw that Telegonus and his father Odysseus were in a tense conversation on the shores of Ithaca?

3. What kind of a disposition does Circe's baby, Telegonus, have as an infant?

4. What kinds of stories does Odysseus tell Circe about his life during Chapter 16?

5. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe as they face Scylla?

6. How does Telemachus reply to Athena when she makes her request of him?

7. What happens to Circe during her pregnancy in Chapter 18?

8. What does Odysseus learn through the prophecy about how he will die?

9. What does Penelope teach Telegonus to do that he had never been able to do before?

10. How does Odysseus describe his wife Penelope to Circe?

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