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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are there so few boars among Odysseus' swine in Book 14?
(a) The suitors use them for hunting games.
(b) They keep running off.
(c) The suitors feast upon them.
(d) You only need a few to maintain the numbers.

2. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Athene.

3. What is Nestor doing when Telemachus arrives in Pylos?
(a) He is holding a feast in honor of Athene.
(b) He is holding a feast in honor of Zeus.
(c) He is holding a feast in honor of Hermes.
(d) He is holding a feast in honor of Poseidon.

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?
(a) His pilot died.
(b) They endured rough seas and wind.
(c) They were pirating.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which hero did Odysseus first speak in Hades?

2. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?

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

4. What is the subject of Demodocus' first song at Alcinous' feast in Book 8?

5. What does Odysseus receive from the thirteen kings of Phaecia?

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