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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. Why is Circe's mother unhappy with Pasiphae's husband?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is ugly.
(c) There is a prophecy that he will die young.
(d) He is mortal.

2. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?
(a) She tries to convince Medea to stay with her and practice witchcraft.
(b) She tries to convince Medea to go back to her father.
(c) She tries to convince Medea to kill Jason.
(d) She tries to convince Medea to seek Helios's aid.

3. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?
(a) They have been badly beaten.
(b) They have been drugged.
(c) They are enchanted and controlled by Aeetes.
(d) They are malnourished.

4. Who is the king of all gods and men?
(a) Oceanus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Helios.
(d) Poseidon.

5. Who is tasked with punishing Circe's uncle for Zeus?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) A Fury.
(c) A Fate.
(d) Hades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helios say when Circe confesses that it was she who transformed Scylla?

2. What does Daedalus build to contain the Minotaur?

3. What creature does Pasiphae give birth to?

4. What is Circe's father's hall made out of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Circe's relationship with her brother Aaetes like when they are children?

3. What does the first ship of sailors who show up on Aiaia in Chapter 14 do to Circe, and how does she repay them?

4. Who comes to Circe for help lifting a curse in Chapter 13 and what was the curse for?

5. What does Pasiphae allude to about her relationship with Perses in Chaoter 11 that shocks Circe?

6. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?

7. Who is the first visitor Circe has on Aiaia and why does that person come?

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

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

10. What is the only reason Helios begins to believe that Circe has real powers?

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