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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. Who comes to visit Circe after she confesses about transforming Scylla?

2. What does Helios tell Aeetes he will do to him once he has learned about Aeetes's powers?

3. Who does Circe take comfort in after her siblings all leave?

4. What is Circe's father's hall made out of?

5. Who is Circe's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helios do when Circe contradicts him in front of the other divinities in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. What does Circe teach herself more about little by little in her exile on Aiaia?

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

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

7. What does the first ship of sailors who show up on Aiaia in Chapter 14 do to Circe, and how does she repay them?

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

9. Who comes to Circe for help lifting a curse in Chapter 13 and what was the curse for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it enough for Trygon to know that a person who comes to seek his poison is willing to endure endless agony without actually asking the person to go through with it? What is it about Circe's character that allows her to push though her reservations and pass Trygon's test to win the valuable venom? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Circe speaks, in her first-person narration, of her own recklessness as the novel progresses. Choose two or three instances in which Circe takes risks or engages in what she herself cites as reckless behavior and write an essay about her motivations and the results of her actions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing when and why Circle finally realizes the gods are so affronted by her powers of witchcraft. In your essay, explain why the gods recoil from Circe and others among them who have similar powers.

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