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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who went disguised as a page in Book 8 throughout the town, encouraging people to hear about the stranger?
(a) Athene.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Pontonous.
(d) Alcinous.

2. How does Athene reveal herself to the men gathered at Nestor's palace?
(a) She transforms into an osprey before their eyes.
(b) She transforms into a horse before their eyes.
(c) She transforms into mist before their eyes.
(d) She transforms into a heifer before their eyes.

3. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.
(a) Heifer.
(b) Bull.
(c) Osprey.
(d) Spear.

4. Who led the group which wanted to leave Troy immediately after the war?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Nestor.

5. To which goddess does Odysseus compare Nausicaa in Book 6?
(a) Calypso.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Aphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of his six remaining sons does Nestor send with Telemachus in Book 3?

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

3. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

5. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?

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