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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Telemachus is in Lycaedaemon, what plan do the suitors devise to punish Telemachus for leaving?
(a) To take Penelope away.
(b) To discredit him in Ithaca.
(c) To kill him on the open sea.
(d) To steal all his goods.

2. During this assembly, who does Antinous blame for Telemachus' problem?
(a) The gods.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Odysseus.

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

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

5. As a result of the meeting of the assembly in Book 2, what do the suitors decide to do?
(a) To court other women, too.
(b) It's time to go home.
(c) It's time to give something back to Telemachus and his estate.
(d) Continue behaving as they have been.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Book 4, who did Menelaus capture?

2. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

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

4. What sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book 2?

5. How does Penelope keep from marrying one of the suitors?

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