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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 Telemachus do on his and Circe's travels in Chapter 26?

2. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?

3. What does Circe lose in the fight against Scylla?

4. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?

5. What is the whirlpool near Scylla named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Circe's most significant act of transformation, which she preforms on herself in Chapter 27, meant to achieve?

2. What does Penelope ask Circe for to help her mourn for her husband?

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

4. What was Telemachus trying to do when he saw that Telegonus and his father Odysseus were in a tense conversation on the shores of Ithaca?

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

6. In Chapter 22, what does Telemachus tell Circe he and his mother, Penelope, had to endure while Odysseus was away at the wars?

7. What does Circe teach Penelope before she and Telemachus set off on their journey to find Scylla?

8. What does Telemachus give to Telegonus as a parting gift?

9. What kind of a disposition does Circe's baby, Telegonus, have as an infant?

10. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe as they face Scylla?

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

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 3

What does Circe learn about herself and about the nature of parent-child relationships as she gives birth to Telegonus and raises him from infancy into adolescence? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references from the text to support your arguments.

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