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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 does Circe tell Telemachus about when he asks for stories of Odysseus?

2. Where is Odysseus from?

3. What does Circe do on her travels with Telemachus?

4. What does Telemachus do on his and Circe's travels in Chapter 26?

5. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Penelope teach Telegonus to do that he had never been able to do before?

2. In Chapter 17, what choice does Circe begin to hope Odysseus might make?

3. How does Odysseus describe his wife Penelope to Circe?

4. Who is Odysseus's patron and why does she turn her back on him?

5. What happens to Circe during her pregnancy in Chapter 18?

6. What happens to Telegonus on Ithaca?

7. What does Telemachus tell Circe about his father Odysseus's behavior when he returned from the wars to Ithaca?

8. What does Circe suspect the gods of doing to torment her during childbirth?

9. How does Telemachus reply to Athena when she makes her request of him?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why is it so important to Circe to finally destroy Scylla in Chapter 25, so important that she risks both hers and Telemachus's life to do it? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing references from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Hermes' and Circe's relationship. What does each character gain from the relationship, and for what reasons does it eventually end?

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