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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 skill does Circe suspect Penelope might possess?
(a) A talent for spells.
(b) A talent for singing.
(c) A talent for painting.
(d) A talent for cooking.

2. What vision does Circe see of Telegonus when she asks if a god is trying to harm him?
(a) She sees Telegonus as a king.
(b) She sees Telegonus on Ithaca.
(c) She sees Telegonus dead.
(d) She sees Telegonus as a great warrior.

3. Who was it that first suggested Penelope and Telemachus should come back to Aiaia?
(a) Telegonus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Telemachus.

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

5. Who comes to Aiaia with a message from Athena in Chapter 23?
(a) Ares.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the goddess of childbirth?

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

3. Which of Odysseus's men likes to sleep on Circe's roof?

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

5. What does Circe say to the goddess who demands she hand her son over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Penelope ask Circe for to help her mourn for her husband?

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

5. What does Circe use as leverage against Helios when she summons him to ask him to lift her exile in Chapter 25?

6. What was Telemachus trying to do when he saw that Telegonus and his father Odysseus were in a tense conversation on the shores of Ithaca?

7. What happens to Circe during her pregnancy in Chapter 18?

8. What is the real reason Penelope wanted to come to Aiaia with Telegonus and Telemachus?

9. In Chapter 22, what does Telemachus tell Circe he and his mother, Penelope, had to endure while Odysseus was away at the wars?

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

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