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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Menelaus give to Telemachus as they part company in Book 15?
(a) A pair of mules.
(b) A well-wrought bowl made by Hephaestus.
(c) A tapestry woven by Athena.
(d) A cauldron used by the oracles.

2. Which suitor scorns Odysseus the beggar at the second feast which he attends, in Book 20?
(a) Ctesippus.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Eurymachus.
(d) Amphinimous.

3. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?
(a) Go back to Aeaea and observe his funeral rites.
(b) Make more sacrifices at each place he stops.
(c) Kill one of his men because the gods detest him.
(d) Take care of his father, Laertes.

4. What is special about the cattle and flocks of the Sun?
(a) They are used for special feasts of the gods.
(b) They are tended by the gods themselves.
(c) They never die or have young.
(d) They are there for the wanderer to use.

5. What does Menelaus first reveal regarding Odysseus when Telemachus tells Menelaus who he is and the purpose of his visit?
(a) He would have given Odysseus a city upon his return from Troy.
(b) Odysseus is not worth anyone's tears.
(c) Odysseus' problems are his own.
(d) Telemachus looks nothing like his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eumaeus describe the suitors actions?

2. Why, despite taking an oath, does Odysseus' crew slay some cattle of the Sun?

3. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

4. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?

5. Who led the group which wanted to leave Troy immediately after the war?

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