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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 important task does Telemachus offer to do for Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) Mend the sty.
(b) Fix Telegonus's boat.
(c) Make dinner.
(d) Build an enchanted stone wall.

2. Who is the leader of the first ship that comes to Aiaia in Chapter 9?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Odysseus.

3. Who does Circe have an affair with on Crete?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Odysseus.

4. What does Scylla transform into as a result of Circe's slipping herbs in her bath water?
(a) A snake.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A terrible sea monster with tentacles.
(d) A toad.

5. What animal does Circe transform the sailors into in Chapter 14?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Circe cultivate during her early days on Aiaia?

2. What happens to Odysseus's men before they can return to Ithaca from Aiaia?

3. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?

4. How do Penelope and Circe act towards one another when Penelope first comes to Aiaia?

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

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