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

2. What does Odysseus ask Telemachus to do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Teach them witchcraft.
(b) Kill them brutally.
(c) Send them to Crete.
(d) Turn them into goddesses.

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

4. What is Circe's hope for her transformation as the book ends?
(a) That her transformation will make her father love her.
(b) That she will be made mortal.
(c) That her transformation will make her mother love her.
(d) That she will be made into a lion.

5. How does Odysseus behave when he finally returns to Ithaca from the wars, according to Telemachus?
(a) He starts a new war in Rome.
(b) In a paranoid and brutal way.
(c) In a peaceful, calm way.
(d) He starts a new war in Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sailors who come to Aiaia in Chapter 19 help Telegonus with?

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

3. What does Telegonus point out to Penelope that surprises Circe in Chapter 23?

4. What is the last thing Circe says to Helios before he leaves Aiaia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Telemachus reply to Athena when she makes her request of him?

2. What kind of a disposition does Circe's baby, Telegonus, have as an infant?

3. In Chapter 16, why does Odysseus at first refuse to eat Circe's food?

4. How does Circe keep Telemachus safe as they face Scylla?

5. In Chapter 17, what choice does Circe begin to hope Odysseus might make?

6. What does Telemachus tell Circe about his father Odysseus's behavior when he returned from the wars to Ithaca?

7. Why does Circe fear Penelope and Telemachus at first in Chapter 21?

8. How does Odysseus describe his wife Penelope to Circe?

9. What is Circe's most significant act of transformation, which she preforms on herself in Chapter 27, meant to achieve?

10. What does Telemachus give to Telegonus as a parting gift?

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