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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?
(a) He is wearing Ino's veil.
(b) He is wearing the clothes that Calypso gave him, but they're a little ragged.
(c) He is covered in the sail from his raft.
(d) He is completely naked.

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

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

4. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?
(a) In Nestor's garden.
(b) In the woods near Nestor's house.
(c) With his men aboard the ship.
(d) Beneath the portico at Nestor's house.

5. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?
(a) Menelaus is told how to get vengeance for his brother.
(b) Menelaus is told how to get home and acquire more treasure.
(c) Menelaus is told how to get Helen back.
(d) Menelaus is told how to get home, as well as the fate of three of his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?

2. Who first notices Odysseus' clothes in Alcinous' house?

3. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

4. What is Nausicaa's greatest concern for the trip back to her father's house from the river?

5. While Telemachus is in Lycaedaemon, what plan do the suitors devise to punish Telemachus for leaving?

(see the answer key)

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