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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapter Six - Chapter Ten).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Circe cultivate during her early days on Aiaia?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Painting.
(d) Kite-making.

2. Where does Pasiphae get married?
(a) Crete.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Persia.
(d) Rome.

3. Who marries Minos, son of Zeus?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Athena.
(c) Circe.
(d) Perses.

4. What does Helios tell Aeetes he will do to him once he has learned about Aeetes's powers?
(a) The gods will elevate him to stand at Zeus's right hand.
(b) The gods will watch him closely in his kingdom.
(c) The gods will give him the same punishment as Prometheus.
(d) The gods will banish him.

5. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?
(a) Astronomers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Children.
(d) Wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Circe say when Hermes asks her if she will bear his child?

2. Who are the two main groups of opposing gods who maintain a fragile peace?

3. What kind of animal does Helios keep in fields?

4. What is the reaction of the gods and nymphs who know Scylla after her transformation?

5. What does Circe expect the gods to do to her once they find out she has practiced transformation spells?

(see the answer key)

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