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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Circe feel after defeating Scylla?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious that Scylla is not really dead.
(d) Sad.

2. Which sea god had Odysseus incurred the wrath of?
(a) Tythus.
(b) Oceanus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Glaucos.

3. Which of Circe's wolves is the most attached to Telegonus?
(a) Paris.
(b) Arcturos.
(c) Hernando.
(d) Achilles.

4. How do Penelope and Circe act towards one another when Penelope first comes to Aiaia?
(a) Angrily.
(b) They fight each other with their powers of witchcraft.
(c) Very politely.
(d) They do not speak at all.

5. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?
(a) Extreme sickness.
(b) Long bouts of deep sleep.
(c) Ravenous hunger.
(d) Visions.

6. Where must Odysseus pass by on his way back to Ithaca?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Thrinakia.
(c) Crete.
(d) Rome.

7. What happens to Scylla as she dies?
(a) She turns back to her old form.
(b) Her legs fall off.
(c) Her heads fall off.
(d) She explodes.

8. What does Circe say to the goddess who demands she hand her son over?
(a) She refuses.
(b) She complies.
(c) She kills the goddess.
(d) She complies, but asks for treasure in return.

9. What does the name Scylla mean?
(a) The Wrath.
(b) The Sin.
(c) The Render.
(d) The Ugly.

10. What does Circe name her son?
(a) Telegonus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Aeetes.
(d) Telemachus.

11. What happens to Odysseus's men before they can return to Ithaca from Aiaia?
(a) They are snatched by the mermaids.
(b) They are re-enlisted in the wars.
(c) They are killed by the Cyclops.
(d) They are destroyed by Helios for killing some of his cows.

12. Who is Odysseus's wife?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Athena.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Scylla.

13. How does Circe actually give birth?
(a) Her father finally comes to her aid.
(b) Her mother comes to assist her.
(c) She asks her nymphs to help her.
(d) She gives herself a C-section.

14. What does Circe fear Telemachus has come to Aiaia to do?
(a) Avenge his father's death and kill Telegonus.
(b) Steal her powers of witchcraft.
(c) Kill all her animals.
(d) Burn her house down.

15. Who is Odysseus's father?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Laertes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?

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

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

4. Who finally stops Odysseus's reign of terror on Ithaca?

5. Why is Circe nervous about Telegonus's journey to Ithaca?

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