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

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 kills him.
(b) Gives him a potion that changes him into a pig.
(c) Gives him a potion that freezes him.
(d) Gives him a potion that controls his mind.

2. How is Penelope related to Helen of Troy?
(a) She is her friend.
(b) She is her aunt.
(c) She is her cousin.
(d) She is her sister.

3. What does Telegonus tell Odysseus before Odysseus dies?
(a) That he is his son Telegonus from the goddess Circe.
(b) That he will avenge his father's death.
(c) That he will throw himself into the River Styx.
(d) That he has come to steal his treasure and marry his wife.

4. Who helps Telegonus with his work on his boat?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hermes.

5. What does Circe tell Telemachus about when he asks for stories of Odysseus?
(a) She tells of him all the brutal things Odysseus had done without glossing anything over.
(b) She tells him only of the heroic things Odysseus had done.
(c) She tells him the things the bards created songs about.
(d) She tells him lies about things Odysseus had done to make him sound worse.

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

7. Who does Circe think may lead her to the halls of the dead someday?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Hades.

8. What do the sailors who come to Aiaia in Chapter 19 help Telegonus with?
(a) Casting spells.
(b) Learning to swim.
(c) Starting work on building a boat of his own.
(d) Slaughtering animals.

9. Why is Telemachus angry with Circe?
(a) Because she believed he wanted to go with Athena.
(b) Because she loves Telegonus more.
(c) Because she betrayed his father.
(d) Because she betrayed him.

10. What does Circe use as leverage to try to make Helios grant her request?
(a) The fact that he had committed war crimes Zeus did not know about.
(b) The fact that he had killed her mother and she was the only one who knew.
(c) The fact that she helped Prometheus centuries ago without his knowledge.
(d) The fact that he did not have the powers people thought he did.

11. Where do Circe and Telemachus go first on their journey?
(a) To Rome.
(b) To Persia.
(c) To find Scylla.
(d) To Crete.

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

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

14. What does Telemachus say to Athena's offer?
(a) He accepts it, but says he will only do it for one year.
(b) He accepts it but says he will only do it for ten years.
(c) He accepts it.
(d) He refuses it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one ingredient Circe uses in her potion to protect Telegonus?

2. What does Circe ask Helios for when she summons him in Chapter 25?

3. What does Penelope ask Circe for so she can mourn for her husband?

4. Who was a great warrior that Odysseus had fought beside?

5. What does the name Scylla mean?

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