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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Book 4, who did Menelaus capture?
(a) Eidothea.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Athena.

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

3. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Eurymachus.
(c) Halitherses.
(d) Aegyptius.

4. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Kronos.
(d) Athene.

5. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?
(a) She warms it.
(b) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(c) She pours it for the men.
(d) She adds a drug.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?

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

3. How many times has the meeting of the assembly occurred since Odysseus left?

4. What is happening in Lacedaemon when Telemachus arrives?

5. In Book 7, why does Athena cloak Odysseus in clouds on his walk to the palace?

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