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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 chair of Circe's did Odysseus once like to sit in?
(a) The silver chair.
(b) The gold chair.
(c) The wooden chair.
(d) The bronze chair.

2. What is one ingredient Circe uses in her potion to protect Telegonus?
(a) Flowers from Crete.
(b) Blood from her pigs.
(c) Sun rays from her father.
(d) Blood from Hades's pit.

3. What does Telemachus say to Athena's offer?
(a) He accepts it but says he will only do it for ten years.
(b) He accepts it.
(c) He refuses it.
(d) He accepts it, but says he will only do it for one year.

4. How does Circe actually give birth?
(a) Her father finally comes to her aid.
(b) Her mother comes to assist her.
(c) She asks her nymphs to help her.
(d) She gives herself a C-section.

5. Who does Odysseus mistakenly think Telemachus is?
(a) A pirate and a thief who means harm.
(b) A ghostly apparition sent from Hades.
(c) His long-lost nephew.
(d) A god in disguise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Odysseus die?

2. What does Athena tell Telemachus she wants him to do?

3. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?

4. Who is Odysseus's father?

5. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, what does Telemachus tell Circe he and his mother, Penelope, had to endure while Odysseus was away at the wars?

3. What does Circe teach Penelope before she and Telemachus set off on their journey to find Scylla?

4. Why does Telegonus leave Aiaia for the first time?

5. What does Telemachus give to Telegonus as a parting gift?

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

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

8. What does Telemachus tell Circe about his father Odysseus's behavior when he returned from the wars to Ithaca?

9. What is Circe's most significant act of transformation, which she preforms on herself in Chapter 27, meant to achieve?

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

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