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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 does Circe do to Telegonus in desperation in Chapter 19 so that she may work and cast her protective spells?
(a) Gives him a potion that changes him into a pig.
(b) Gives him a potion that freezes him.
(c) Gives him a potion that controls his mind.
(d) Gives him a potion that kills him.

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

3. Which uncle of Circe's is punished brutally by Zeus?
(a) Oceanus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Prometheus.

4. Who was it that first suggested Penelope and Telemachus should come back to Aiaia?
(a) Telegonus.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Penelope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a disposition does Circe's infant son have?

2. What kind of weapon does Telemachus bring to Aiaia that makes Circe nervous?

3. How does Odysseus behave when he finally returns to Ithaca from the wars, according to Telemachus?

4. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?

5. Why is Circe's mother unhappy with Pasiphae's husband?

(see the answer key)

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