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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 Daedalus attempt to escape Crete?

2. How does Circe travel to Aiaia?

3. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?

4. What herb does Odysseus bring to Aiaia with him in Chapter 15?

5. Why is Medea cursed when she arrives at Aiaia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Circe help Prometheus in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Zeus's father and how did he win his place as king of the gods?

3. Why does Circe think the house on Aiaia is so lovely in Chapter 7?

4. What does Circe do to Scylla?

5. What special gift does Helios have that Perse asks him to use at the birth of each of their children?

6. How does Aaetes treat Circe when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 13?

7. What is Circe's relationship with her brother Aaetes like when they are children?

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

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

10. Why does Circe's mother Perse dislike her almost from the moment of her birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Circe's encounter with the first group of lost sailors to come to her island in Chapter 14 influence her opinion of men thereafter? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What is Circe's first significant act of defiance towards her father, the sun God Helios, and what effect does his reaction to it have on her life's path? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Circe is repulsed by the way most of her family, the gods, live and conduct themselves in their relationships with each other and with mortals. Write an essay exploring Circe's feelings towards her fellow gods and explain why, at the end of the novel, she chooses to try to become a mortal herself.

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