Odyssey Books 10-11

What animal does Circe change Odysseus's men into?

• doves
• pigs
• fish
• wolves

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True or False: Circe changes Odysseus's men back to their true form.

• True
• False

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When Odysseus arrives on Aeaea, he sends a team of two dozen scouts to investigate the area.  The men do not return because

• They feast on a drug-like flower
• They are turned into pigs
• They plunder Circe's castle for treasure
• They have yet another barbecue 

Who gives Odysseus a special plant to protect him from Circe's magic?

• Zeus
• Athena
• Hermes
• Poseidon 

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After Odysseus' men are "returned" to him, he has a romantic relationship for one year until his men...

• ask to leave
• are turned into pigs
• are killed by Zeus
• open the bag of wind

Circe tells Odysseus that he must first speak to whom in the Land of the Dead?

• Hades
• Tiresias 
• Poseidon 
• His Mother

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In the Underworld, Odysseus learns that

• Calypso still longs for him
• Circe is going to trick him
• He will return home alone
• Penelope has left him

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While in the Underworld, Odysseus runs into his mother and learns that

• she has died
• Penelope has left him
• his son is up to no good
• Zeus is really his father

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Who does Odysseus see first in the underworld?

• Achilles
• Agamemnon
• His mother
• Elpenor

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What does Elpenor beg Odysseus to do in the underworld?

• Tell his family about his death
• Give him a proper burial
• Give him more wine
• Protect him from the spirits

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