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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ulysses order his men to do when he discovers the giant?
(a) Return to the ships.
(b) Hide within the foliage.
(c) Kill the giant.
(d) Build a large bonfire.

2. What does Ulysses do to stop the attacking villagers from following his men?
(a) Ulysses causes a rockslide.
(b) Ulysses shoots their horses.
(c) Ulysses sets dried grass on fire.
(d) Ulysses leads the villagers in another direction.

3. How many men are in each of Ulysses' ships?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Eighty.

4. Who is Persephone?
(a) Morpheus's aunt.
(b) Morpheus' daughter.
(c) Morpheus' sister.
(d) Morpheus' wife.

5. With how many ships does Ulysses set sail?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what does Circe's spell turn Ulysses' men?

2. What fruit does Eris bring with her to the wedding she attends uninvited?

3. How many ships does Ulysses bring the shore of the island in Section 6?

4. How does Aeolus recognize Ulysses' name?

5. Who is Polyphemus' father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does greed play in ruining Ulysses' return to Ithaca?

2. What does Ulysses dream about while docked in Libya?

3. What is attracted to the baubles thrown from Ulysses' ships in their retreat from the island? Who is angered by this?

4. How does Aphrodite plot to win the title of the fairest Goddess?

5. Why does Ulysses resist attacking the island village that his men spot from their ships?

6. What story does Ulysses tell Aeolus, and in what way does Aeolus find it pleasing?

7. Describe the monsters that inhabit the mountainous island where Ulysses' ship docks.

8. Eris is the Lady of Discord. Explain how she lives up to her title at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

9. Whom does Ulysses send to scout the Island of the Racing Sun? What happens to them?

10. Describe the island Ulysses lands on in Section 6.

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