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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. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?

2. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?

3. What does a mortal fisherman offer Circe that she has never tasted before in Chapter 4?

4. What does Pasiphae tell Circe unites them in Chapter 11?

5. Which god fell in love with Ariadne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Circe do to Scylla?

2. What advice does Aaetes give Circe the night before she leaves for her exile?

3. Why is Circe disgusted with Hermes' telling of how Ariadne dies?

4. Who is the first visitor Circe has on Aiaia and why does that person come?

5. Who begins to start showing up uninvited on Aiaia in Chapter 14?

6. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?

7. How do Daedalus and Icarus escape Crete?

8. Who is the leader of the first ship that lands on Aiaia during Circe's exile and why did he come?

9. What does Aaetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that shocks and saddens her?

10. What does Pasiphae allude to about her relationship with Perses in Chaoter 11 that shocks Circe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When does Circe realize that her own desires and her will are a critical part of her sorcery? Write an essay explaining how and when Circe comes to this important realization, citing specific examples from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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