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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI (Chapter Twenty Four - Chapter Twenty Seven).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a disposition does Circe's infant son have?
(a) Very cranky.
(b) Docile.
(c) Extremely sleepy.
(d) Very active.

2. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?
(a) It is a cave.
(b) It is a windowless bungalow made of black obsidian.
(c) It is well-stocked with food and fine furnishings.
(d) It is a rickety shack.

3. Who comes to look for Medea and Jason shortly after they leave Aiaia in Chapter 13?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Perses.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Helios.

4. What does Circe do on her travels with Telemachus?
(a) Makes salves and healing ointments.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Sings.
(d) Paints.

5. Who does the fisherman who becomes a god spurn Circe in favor of?
(a) Scylla.
(b) Athena.
(c) Perse.
(d) Pasiphae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Telegonus tell Odysseus before Odysseus dies?

2. How does Circe ask her grandmother Tethys to help the mortal fisherman she loves?

3. What does Penelope want to do with Telemachus before Athena comes?

4. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?

5. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe from Scylla?

(see the answer key)

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