Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who comes to Aiaia in Chapter 15 that is different from all other men Circe has met before?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Jason.
(d) Daedalus.

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

5. What does the spell that Circe casts on the Minotaur do?
(a) Staunches its appetite so it will only want to eat humans at harvest time.
(b) Charms it so it can not leave its cage.
(c) Makes all its teeth fall out once per month.
(d) Makes it a completely docile, harmless creature.

6. Why is Aiaia significant to Circe?
(a) She knows it is where she was fated to die eventually.
(b) She knows it is where Helios proved his loyalty to Zeus, vanquishing a Titan and drenching the land in blood.
(c) She knows it is where her mother was born.
(d) She knows it is where she will have six children someday.

7. How long does Aeetes tell Circe he has had his powers?
(a) For several months.
(b) Since she taught them to him.
(c) Since he was a teenager.
(d) Since birth.

8. How does Circe try to change Scylla back to herself in Chapter 9?
(a) By apologizing.
(b) With an ancient transformation song.
(c) By reasoning with her.
(d) With the strongest drugs she has.

9. Why is Medea cursed when she arrives at Aiaia?
(a) She made a deal with the devil.
(b) She murdered her own brother.
(c) She tried to kill herself.
(d) She killed her mother by mistake.

10. What is the reaction of the gods and nymphs who know Scylla after her transformation?
(a) They are suspicious.
(b) They are gossipy and gleeful.
(c) They are devastated.
(d) They are angry.

11. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?
(a) Circe's brother tells Helios to burn Circe out of existence for lying.
(b) Circe's brother tells Helios he taught Circe all she knows.
(c) Circe's brother tells Helios that she means to destroy Helios with her powers.
(d) Circe's brother tells Helios that her powers are real and that he has similar ones.

12. Where does Perses go shortly after Pasiphae's wedding?
(a) Persia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Asia.
(d) Rome.

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

14. What does Circe's brother do to help her heal?
(a) He gives her a flower to rub on her skin.
(b) He gives her a mirror to reflect the sun on her skin, which helps her heal.
(c) He gives her a pill to swallow, which helps her skin heal.
(d) He gives her a salve and utters a spell to help her skin heal.

15. Who does Circe disguise herself as on the ship to Crete?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Helios.
(d) Aeetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Circe travel to Aiaia?

2. What does Aeetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that stuns her?

3. What does Scylla transform into as a result of Circe's slipping herbs in her bath water?

4. What does Aeetes tell Circe he thinks about what she did to Scylla?

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

(see the answer keys)

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