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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book 2?
(a) Flames burst out in the center of the meeting.
(b) Two eagles fly overhead.
(c) A woman screams and wails.
(d) Lightning strikes a tree.

2. What is Nestor doing when Telemachus arrives in Pylos?
(a) He is holding a feast in honor of Athene.
(b) He is holding a feast in honor of Hermes.
(c) He is holding a feast in honor of Poseidon.
(d) He is holding a feast in honor of Zeus.

3. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?
(a) She pours it for the men.
(b) She warms it.
(c) She adds a drug.
(d) She adds herbs to sweeten it.

4. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?
(a) Mentes.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Antinous.

5. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.
(a) Suitors.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?

3. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?

4. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?

5. According to Halitherses in Book 2, how long will Odysseus be gone before he returns to his friends and family?

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