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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 happens to Scylla as she dies?
(a) She turns back to her old form.
(b) Her heads fall off.
(c) She explodes.
(d) Her legs fall off.

2. What does Telegonus point out to Penelope that surprises Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) The different cloud formations in the sky.
(b) The different kinds of lambs on the island.
(c) The plants and herbs that Circe did not know he had noted.
(d) The formations of the constellations in the clear night.

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

4. What does Circe tell Telemachus about when he asks for stories of Odysseus?
(a) She tells him lies about things Odysseus had done to make him sound worse.
(b) She tells him only of the heroic things Odysseus had done.
(c) She tells of him all the brutal things Odysseus had done without glossing anything over.
(d) She tells him the things the bards created songs about.

5. What does Athena tell Telemachus she wants him to do?
(a) Slaughter everyone in Ithaca.
(b) Become a king in Crete.
(c) Transform to become part deity.
(d) Start a new settlement of Greeks in Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, what magic does Circe prepare to do on herself?

2. What is one ingredient Circe uses in her potion to protect Telegonus?

3. Where does Telegonus want to travel to in Chapter 19?

4. What does Circe tell Telemachus about her history with Scylla?

5. What chair of Circe's did Odysseus once like to sit in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Circe think Athena must feel when her son Telegonus says he will go to Italy in Telemachus's place?

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

4. In Chapter 24, what does Telegonus tell Circe he is surprised about having to do with her protective spell on Aiaia that keeps the gods out?

5. What does Penelope ask Circe for to help her mourn for her husband?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What does Circe suspect the gods of doing to torment her during childbirth?

10. What happens to Telegonus on Ithaca?

(see the answer keys)

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