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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 does Circe lose in the fight against Scylla?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Trygon's tail.
(c) Her best ring.
(d) Her cloak.

2. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe from Scylla?
(a) She pushes him into the water.
(b) She casts an invisibility spell over him.
(c) She gives him wings so he can fly away.
(d) She gives him Trygon's tail.

3. What is the last thing Circe says to Helios before he leaves Aiaia?
(a) That she would cast a nasty spell on him.
(b) To give her greetings to her mother (sarcastically).
(c) To never return.
(d) That she always hated him.

4. 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.

5. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?
(a) Ravenous hunger.
(b) Long bouts of deep sleep.
(c) Extreme sickness.
(d) Visions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a disposition does Circe's infant son have?

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

3. Who is the goddess of childbirth?

4. Who was it that first suggested Penelope and Telemachus should come back to Aiaia?

5. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which god comes to Aiaia to give a prophecy about Odysseus to Circe, and what does she tell him?

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

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

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

5. What does Athena want Telemachus to do when she visits him on Aiaia?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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