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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 comes to Aiaia with a prophecy for Odysseus?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Ares.
(c) Helios.
(d) Apollo.
2. Where does Telegonus want to travel to in Chapter 19?
(a) Helios's halls.
(b) Mount Olympus.
(c) Persia.
(d) Ithaca.
3. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Ares.
(d) Artemis.
4. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?
(a) She is her aunt.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She is her friend.
(d) She is her cousin.
5. Who is the goddess of childbirth?
(a) Athena.
(b) Eileithyia.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Cassandra.
Short Answer Questions
1. What animal does Circe transform to try to trick Scylla?
2. Who does Circe think may lead her to the halls of the dead someday?
3. What ordeal do Telemachus and Penelope suffer after Odysseus goes off to war?
4. Which animal does Telegonus take on Athena's ship with him?
5. What does Penelope want to do with Telemachus before Athena comes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Circe teach Penelope before she and Telemachus set off on their journey to find Scylla?
2. What is Circe's most significant act of transformation, which she preforms on herself in Chapter 27, meant to achieve?
3. Why does Telegonus leave Aiaia for the first time?
4. What does Circe suspect the gods of doing to torment her during childbirth?
5. What does Telemachus tell Circe about his father Odysseus's behavior when he returned from the wars to Ithaca?
6. What does Odysseus learn through the prophecy about how he will die?
7. 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?
8. What happens to Circe during her pregnancy in Chapter 18?
9. In Chapter 22, what does Telemachus tell Circe he and his mother, Penelope, had to endure while Odysseus was away at the wars?
10. Who is Odysseus's patron and why does she turn her back on him?
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