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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first in the hall to notice Odysseus the beggar?
(a) Eumaeus.
(b) Melanthius.
(c) Antinous.
(d) Telemachus.

2. Where is Telemachus supposed to put all the fighting gear that lies about Odysseus' hall?
(a) In a storage room.
(b) In his mother's room.
(c) In a corner of the lofty chamber.
(d) He's not to touch it, because it will arouse suspicion.

3. What is Penelope's reaction when she sees Odysseus for the first time after the slaughter of the suitors?
(a) She cries and falls into his arms.
(b) She looks at him with little reaction.
(c) She coldly questions him.
(d) She ignores him.

4. How does Athene disguise Odysseus on Ithaca?
(a) She just changes his eyes and hair.
(b) She makes him change his clothes and wear a mask.
(c) She makes him look old and dresses him in smelly rags.
(d) She makes him look like Telemachus, since Telemachus in still in Sparta.

5. According to Penelope, when did Odysseus say it was acceptable for her to remarry?
(a) After Telemachus gets married.
(b) When 21 years have passed.
(c) When Telemachus is a bearded man.
(d) When Laertes dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Telemachus want his treasures taken to his house?

2. What does Eurymachus offer Odysseus in Book 22 from the remaining suitors to make amends for their behavior at his house for so long?

3. What makes Irus nervous about his fight with Odysseus the beggar?

4. How does Telemachus react to his mother's contest in Book 21?

5. When Odysseus is on land after his voyage from Scheria, why doesn't he know where he is?

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