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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. Which of Circe's wolves is the most attached to Telegonus?

2. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?

3. Where do Circe and Telemachus go first on their journey?

4. Which goddess comes to demand that Circe give her son to her so he can be killed?

5. What kind of a disposition does Circe's infant son have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Penelope teach Telegonus to do that he had never been able to do before?

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

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

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

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

8. What kinds of stories does Odysseus tell Circe about his life during Chapter 16?

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

10. What does Odysseus learn through the prophecy about how he will die?

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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