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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Agamemnon give to Odysseus regarding women in Book 11?
(a) Tell a part and let a part be hid.
(b) Hide your ship and surprise her with your return.
(c) Always be gentle with your wife.
(d) Send your treasures ahead of yourself after so long an absence.

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

3. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus isn't coming back.
(b) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(c) Telemachus is bringing an army.
(d) Telemachus is guided by Athene.

4. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?
(a) Giants.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Cyclops.
(d) Barbarians.

5. What announcement does Telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in Book 1?
(a) He's been visited by the goddess Athena, and they should change their ways.
(b) He's going to go on a trip.
(c) He's going to call a meeting of the assembly and formally ask the suitors to leave.
(d) His father is alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mentes tell Telemachus in Book 1 that he must do?

2. Why does Athena speak to Nausicaa in her dreams?

3. What form does Athena take to guide Odysseus to Alcinous' palace?

4. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?

5. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?

(see the answer key)

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