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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapter Twenty One - Chapter Twenty Three).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature does Pasiphae give birth to?
(a) The Minotaur.
(b) The cyclops.
(c) The kraken.
(d) The Loch Ness Monster.

2. What does Circe's first divine visitor ask of her when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 8?
(a) To take shelter from Athena's wrath.
(b) To give Circe his son, who is in danger.
(c) To eat from Circe's pantry because he is starving.
(d) To store Apollo's lyre there.

3. How does Odysseus die?
(a) Telegonus accidentally pierces him with Trygon's tail.
(b) He drowns by accident.
(c) Telegonus shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(d) Telemachus stabs him with a knife.

4. Who is the niece of Circe's that she meets for the first time in Crete?
(a) Scylla.
(b) Medea.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ariadne.

5. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Makes them into goddesses.
(b) Hangs them.
(c) Sends them to Crete.
(d) Teaches them witchcraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chair of Circe's did Odysseus once like to sit in?

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

3. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?

4. What phrase of Daedalus's does Circe remember in Chapter 12 while exiled on Aiaia?

5. What does Helios do to Circe when she insists it was her power that changed Scylla?

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