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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?
(a) Take care of his father, Laertes.
(b) Make more sacrifices at each place he stops.
(c) Kill one of his men because the gods detest him.
(d) Go back to Aeaea and observe his funeral rites.

2. 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 warms it.
(b) She adds a drug.
(c) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(d) She pours it for the men.

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

4. After leaving the lotus-eaters, what do Odysseus and his ships find in Book 9?
(a) An unspoiled land filled with goats.
(b) A land of man-eating giants.
(c) A highly populated island filled with warlike people.
(d) The pleasant island of Circe.

5. In which contest in Book 8 does Odysseus first outstrip all others?
(a) Archery.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Running.
(d) Discus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interprets the sign of the eagle and the goose as Telemachus and Peisistratus are leaving Lacedaemon?

2. How does Athene reveal herself to the men gathered at Nestor's palace?

3. According to Nausicaa, to whom should Odysseus first appeal when he gets to the court in Book 6?

4. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?

5. What does Poseidon call to disrupt Odysseus' easy passage to Phaecia?

(see the answer key)

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