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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long have the suitors been coming to Odysseus' home?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) A couple of years.
(d) More than three years.

3. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(b) Telemachus isn't coming back.
(c) Telemachus is guided by Athene.
(d) Telemachus is bringing an army.

4. Who gets Telemachus' supplies of wine and barley for his quest?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Athene.
(c) Mentor.
(d) Eurycleia.

5. How does Penelope keep from marrying one of the suitors?
(a) She uses cunning and craft.
(b) She practices prophecy and witchcraft.
(c) She uses sickness and excuses.
(d) She employs piety and sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form does Athena take to guide Odysseus to Alcinous' palace?

2. According to Halitherses in Book 2, how long will Odysseus be gone before he returns to his friends and family?

3. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?

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

5. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?

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