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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?
(a) In Nestor's garden.
(b) In the woods near Nestor's house.
(c) Beneath the portico at Nestor's house.
(d) With his men aboard the ship.

2. Who helps Telemachus procure a ship and crew to begin his quest?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Athene.
(c) Laertes.
(d) Halitherses.

3. How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus the beggar as Odysseus in Book 19?
(a) She recognizes his style of speech.
(b) She feels his scar when when she washes his feet.
(c) She recognizes his voice.
(d) She notices his birthmark.

4. According to Book 4, who did Menelaus capture?
(a) Eidothea.
(b) Athena.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Proteus.

5. Why doesn't Aeolus help Odysseus again?
(a) Aeolus cannot give the same gift twice.
(b) Odysseus's crew is disobedient.
(c) Odysseus squandered his gift.
(d) Odysseus is destested by the immortals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Odysseus appear after his bath in Book 6?

2. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?

3. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

4. Where did Menelaus get the gift he gave to Telemachus?

5. Why doesn't Eumaeus want the old man to tell him tales of his master?

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