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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Circe expect the gods to do to her once they find out she has practiced transformation spells?
(a) Punish her severely.
(b) Give her her own workshop.
(c) Bestow her with special extra powers.
(d) Celebrate her.

2. What is the last thing Perses says to Circe before he leaves?
(a) She should go talk to Poseidon to become free.
(b) At least he will not have to hear her voice anymore.
(c) She should practice her witchcraft to take revenge on the family.
(d) He loves her very much.

3. Where is Medea traveling to when she leaves Aiaia?
(a) Crete.
(b) Rome.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iolcos.

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

5. Why are monsters a boon to gods?
(a) Because they have to pay tribute to the gods.
(b) Because they cause people to pray to the gods more.
(c) Because they highlight how beautiful gods are with their own ugliness.
(d) Because they kill more people to send to the underworld.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Circe take comfort in after her siblings all leave?

3. Which sibling was born right after Circe?

4. Who is tasked with punishing Circe's uncle for Zeus?

5. What does Aeetes tell Circe about that he thinks there is great potential power in in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Circe do to Scylla?

2. How does Circe help Prometheus in Chapter 2?

3. Why is Circe disgusted with Hermes' telling of how Ariadne dies?

4. Who is Zeus's father and how did he win his place as king of the gods?

5. How do the gods react to Scylla's transformation?

6. What does Prometheus do that brings Zeus's wrath upon him?

7. What are Helios's halls made of and why does Circe realize Helios picked this material?

8. What does Circe teach herself more about little by little in her exile on Aiaia?

9. What are Circe's parents' opinions of mortals?

10. How do Daedalus and Icarus escape Crete?

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