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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the Minotaur?

2. What kind of animal does Helios keep in fields?

3. How does Daedalus feel about his role in bringing the Minotaur to the world?

4. Who is Circe's father?

5. Who is Circe's grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Aaetes tell Circe at Pasiphae's wedding that shocks and saddens her?

10. How does Theseus manage to kill the Minotaur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing when and why Circle finally realizes the gods are so affronted by her powers of witchcraft. In your essay, explain why the gods recoil from Circe and others among them who have similar powers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the sources of the difficulties and tensions that arise between Circe and her son Telegonus as Circe raises him in exile with her on Aiaia.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how both Aetees's and Helios's indifference to Circe contributes to her own expectations for how she deserves to be treated by other men she meets later in life.

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