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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) Alcinous.
(b) Pontonous.
(c) Athene.
(d) Odysseus.

2. How does Eumaeus describe the suitors actions?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Lawless.
(c) Immature.
(d) Ignorant.

3. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?
(a) Troy.
(b) Psyria.
(c) Tendos.
(d) Egypt.

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

5. According to Nausicaa, to whom should Odysseus first appeal when he gets to the court in Book 6?
(a) Nausicaa's father.
(b) Nausicaa's mother.
(c) One of the servants.
(d) Nausicaa's oldest brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?

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

3. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

5. In Book 14, where does a disguised Odysseus tell Eumaeus he is from when asked?

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