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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Circe change the mortal fisherman into a god?
2. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?
3. What does Daedalus give Circe as a gift?
4. Where does Perses go shortly after Pasiphae's wedding?
5. Who comes to look for Medea and Jason shortly after they leave Aiaia in Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Circe cast her spell on Scylla?
2. What advice does Aaetes give Circe the night before she leaves for her exile?
3. What gift does Daedalus give to Circe when she leaves Crete and what does it symbolize?
4. What special gift does Helios have that Perse asks him to use at the birth of each of their children?
5. What is Circe's relationship with her brother Aaetes like when they are children?
6. What does Circe teach herself more about little by little in her exile on Aiaia?
7. How do Daedalus and Icarus escape Crete?
8. What is Prometheus's eventual permanent punishment by Zeus?
9. What does Aaetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that shocks and saddens her?
10. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Circe come to view her lover, Odysseus, after she gets to know him during the time he and his men spend on Aiaia? What does she see as his strengths and his flaws, and why do you think she eventually decides to have his child? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What lessons do Circe, other gods, and mortals learn about the role of prophecies and the fates during the course of the novel? Is there any instance in which a character or characters seem to have been able to change the outcome of a prophecy? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how both Aetees's and Helios's indifference to Circe contributes to her own expectations for how she deserves to be treated by other men she meets later in life.
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