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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nestor tell Telemachus about his relationship with Odysseus?
(a) They never agreed at council during the war.
(b) They never spoke those nine years at war.
(c) They never fought side by side during the war.
(d) They never differed at council during the war.

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

3. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?
(a) The day Odysseus brought her from Priam's house.
(b) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.
(c) The day Odysseus took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.
(d) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?
(a) They were pirating.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) They endured rough seas and wind.
(d) His pilot died.

5. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Telemachus take Theoclymenus on his ship home?

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

3. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?

4. After his battle with Poseidon in Book 5, where does Odysseus find shelter in the land on which he has just arrived?

5. What will the winner of the beggars' fight in Book 18 get from the suitors?

(see the answer key)

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