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title: Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe wit… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2067 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2067 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Mate, did the lions actually try to lick Ulysses, or was that just a cheeky bit?

- **1.** They bit him — score 2
- **2.** They really tried to lick his feet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** They only pretended to lick his hands — score 5
- **4.** They just wagged — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1592, line 2: «A huge Lion leaps into the road, knocks the Scarecrow spinning with one paw, and tries to scratch the Tin Woodman, but his claws cannot dent the tin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same doer «huge lion» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, so Ulysses just whacked the lions with his spear?

- **1.** He gave them a proper telling-off with it — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** He gave them a proper telling-off with it and sent them packing — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** He chased them off with a big stick — score 2
- **4.** He whacked each of them hard across the back with the flat side of it — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2061, line 11: «Who: Ulysses is a king who fought at Troy and wanted to return to "his own little kingdom of Ithaca."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ulysses» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Bruv, how many mates did Ulysses have on that trip?

- **1.** Ten — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Twelve — no support
- **3.** Twenty-two mates, plus the captain — no support
- **4.** Twenty-two — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Was Circe's chair a proper bling throne or just a plain old stool?

- **1.** Carved oak with silver bits on it — no support
- **2.** Chased gold with jewels all over it — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Plain old wood — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Shiny silver with some gems on top — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2059, line 19: «Old word "bedraggled": wet, muddy and untidy; "pail" is an old word for a bucket, and "vale" means valley.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Dead funny, what did Circe do with the golden cup?

- **1.** Offered it to Ulysses full of wine and smiled at him — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Filled it up for her nymphs — score 5
- **3.** Filled it up with wine and then poured it all over Ulysses's head — score 5
- **4.** Offered it to Ulysses full of wine — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2067, line 16: «Circe begs, "Spare me, royal and wise Ulysses," because Quicksilver had warned her that he was the most prudent of mortals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «circe» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Was the wine like proper fizzy pop or just dodgy water?

- **1.** Sparkly gold drink that made the nymphs dance around the hall all night long — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Fizzy gold drink with a bit of a kick — no support
- **3.** Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it and a bit of a sting — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 715, line 10: «The horn is "foolish" of her, because the wine makes Sigurd "so strong that he soon overthrew her."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «wine» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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So what's the deal with that white flower, is it some kind of magic weed?

- **1.** It was a magic herb he chewed — score 0
- **2.** He sniffed it all day long and it made him dizzy and sleepy — score 0
- **3.** He sniffed it to stay sober — no support
- **4.** Ulysses sniffed it to keep himself himself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2067, line 4: «Circe calls for her royal goblet of magic wine, while Ulysses secretly sniffs his snow-white flower.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sniff» (+3); the same doer «ulysses» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Was Circe well scared when he pulled out his sword?

- **1.** She went pale with real fear — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She laughed a lot — no support
- **3.** She fell down in a faint — no support
- **4.** She nearly died of pure fright — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Mate, did the butler actually get to turn anyone into a pig?

- **1.** No, he scarpered off with the goblet — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, he turned one into a pig — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Yes, he did — no support
- **4.** No, he dropped the cup and sat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1530, line 16: «Why the Pig turns into a dove: so that "no witchcraft could have power over him" when he enters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Were the nymphs gutted about it, or what?

- **1.** They got really cross and shouted — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They laughed — no support
- **3.** They ran off into the woods — no support
- **4.** They fell to their knees and begged — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Bro, what even is a nymph, is it like a fairy?

- **1.** A small spirit of the forest — no support
- **2.** A wild beast of the marsh lands — no support
- **3.** A young spirit of the woods and water who lives in rivers — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** A young spirit of the woods and water — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1316, line 4: «Fairies called korigans set up two rows of huge stones there, and on the river Intel live Marzinne and Rozennik.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same place «river» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Did Ulysses get turned into a hog or what?

- **1.** No, he became a fine hog after all — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** No, he stayed a man and looked even more kingly than before — score 0
- **3.** Yes, he became a hog but then changed back into a man at dusk — score 5
- **4.** No, he stayed a man and looked even more kingly — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2067, line 5: «He drinks the wine without turning into a beast, throws the goblet away and threatens Circe with his sword, and she and the nymphs fall to their knees begging…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same doer «ulysses» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they? Did they cry loads?

- **1.** Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** Yes, the wood one wept buckets of tears — score 0
- **3.** Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water and the others joined her — score 0
- **4.** Yes, all four of them wept buckets of salt water for their lost lovers — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1502, line 18: «Old word: "grat" means wept or cried, so when she "grat" she was crying hard and long on the stone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's beverage?

- **1.** He had inhaled the fragrance of the snow-white flower — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** He had smelled the sweet white blossom — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** He had sipped the enchanted fountain water — score 1
- **4.** He had eaten the flower — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2066, line 16: «The magic flower is "a little plant with a snow-white flower", and Ulysses must smell it while he is with Circe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smell» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «ulysses» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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By what designation is the enchantress who detained his companions known?

- **1.** The enchantress Circe of Aeaea — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Circe — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Calypso — no support
- **4.** Eos — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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In what manner did the beasts comport themselves upon Ulysses's arrival on the lawn?

- **1.** They growled and kept back from him — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** They snarled and backed away slowly — score -3
- **3.** They barked loudly — no support
- **4.** They yelped and glared while keeping their distance — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2067, line 8: «The beasts want to fawn on Ulysses, but he strikes them with his spear because "they had once been bloodthirsty men."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What was the outcome of Ulysses's threat against the life of the enchantress?

- **1.** She implored for mercy and offered her service — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She begged for mercy and gave her wealth — no support
- **3.** She begged for mercy, offered her service, and swore an oath by the gods of the sea — no support
- **4.** She implored for mercy and offered her service and her palace — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e4/)

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