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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the winner of the beggars' fight in Book 18 get from the suitors?
(a) To be the sole beggar of the house.
(b) Shipped off to King Ecteus, who will cut his nose and ears.
(c) Fed for the week and given a new robe and tunic.
(d) The goat paunch and always attend their feasts as the sole beggar.

2. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Athene.
(d) Aphrodite.

3. What is special about the cattle and flocks of the Sun?
(a) They are there for the wanderer to use.
(b) They are used for special feasts of the gods.
(c) They are tended by the gods themselves.
(d) They never die or have young.

4. What color yarn does Nausicaa's mother spin?
(a) Meadow green.
(b) Sea purple.
(c) Sun-drenched gold.
(d) Sky blue.

5. Why, despite taking an oath, does Odysseus' crew slay some cattle of the Sun?
(a) Eurylochus says that Odysseus is keeping the cattle for himself.
(b) They're bored.
(c) They don't care about the warning Odysseus issued.
(d) They've run out of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Circe give Odysseus regarding Scylla and Charybdis?

2. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?

3. According to Penelope, when did Odysseus say it was acceptable for her to remarry?

4. Why does Nausicaa go to the river in Book 6?

5. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?

(see the answer key)

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