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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapter Twenty One - Chapter Twenty Three).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?
(a) She seems to feel guilty that she let Odysseus die.
(b) She seems to feel guilty that she let Telemachus bear the brunt of Odysseus's rage without intervening.
(c) She seems to feel guilty about the affair she had while Odysseus fought in the wars.
(d) She seems to feel guilty that she only had one son.

2. What was Telemachus's relationship with Odysseus like before Odysseus died?
(a) Business-like.
(b) Loving.
(c) Strained and angry.
(d) They did not know each other at all.

3. Which of the following did Odysseus NOT fight with?
(a) Minos.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Achilles.

4. What kindness does Circe do for her uncle who is punished in Chapter 2?
(a) She frees him from his chains.
(b) She wipes his wounds.
(c) She brings him food.
(d) She brings him nectar.

5. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Makes them into goddesses.
(b) Sends them to Crete.
(c) Hangs them.
(d) Teaches them witchcraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are monsters a boon to gods?

2. What does Penelope tell Circe became of Medea?

3. How does Daedalus attempt to escape Crete?

4. What important task does Telemachus offer to do for Circe in Chapter 23?

5. Who does Circe take comfort in after her siblings all leave?

(see the answer key)

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