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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 is Odysseus's son?
(a) Telesphecus.
(b) Jason.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Telemachus.

2. What does Circe name her son?
(a) Paris.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Telegonus.

3. What does Circe fear Telemachus has come to Aiaia to do?
(a) Burn her house down.
(b) Steal her powers of witchcraft.
(c) Avenge his father's death and kill Telegonus.
(d) Kill all her animals.

4. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?
(a) The gods are jealous.
(b) The gods are angry for what she did with Prometheus.
(c) The gods want her to suffer much pain.
(d) The gods do not want her child to be born.

5. What is Circe's hope for her transformation as the book ends?
(a) That she will be made into a lion.
(b) That her transformation will make her mother love her.
(c) That her transformation will make her father love her.
(d) That she will be made mortal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Penelope's reason for wanting to come to Aiaia?

2. How does Odysseus die?

3. What does Penelope ask Circe for so she can mourn for her husband?

4. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?

5. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?

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. Why does Telegonus leave Aiaia for the first time?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 17, what choice does Circe begin to hope Odysseus might make?

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

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