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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Menelaus tell?
(a) Menelaus gives Odysseus credit for gaining access and intelligence of Troy in the first place.
(b) Menelaus gives Odysseus credit for keeping the men still and quiet inside the horse.
(c) Menelaus gives Odysseus credit for contriving of the horse
(d) Menelaus gives Odysseus credit forbuilding the horse so they wouldn't be detected.

2. Which of his six remaining sons does Nestor send with Telemachus in Book 3?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Thrasymedes.
(c) Arteus.
(d) Peisistratus.

3. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?
(a) Menelaus is told how to get home and acquire more treasure.
(b) Menelaus is told how to get vengeance for his brother.
(c) Menelaus is told how to get home, as well as the fate of three of his friends.
(d) Menelaus is told how to get Helen back.

4. In Book 1, who seeks to punish Odysseus interminably?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Athene.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

5. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Ogygia.
(b) Pylos.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Taphos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?

2. In order to tell Telemachus of Odysseus' fate, where does Menelaus' tale begin?

3. While Telemachus is in Lycaedaemon, what plan do the suitors devise to punish Telemachus for leaving?

4. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

5. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?

(see the answer key)

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