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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Halitherses in Book 2, how long will Odysseus be gone before he returns to his friends and family?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Ten years.

2. What advice does Agamemnon give to Odysseus regarding women in Book 11?
(a) Tell a part and let a part be hid.
(b) Send your treasures ahead of yourself after so long an absence.
(c) Hide your ship and surprise her with your return.
(d) Always be gentle with your wife.

3. For what does Penelope pray after speaking with Odysseus the beggar in Book 20?
(a) She prays for a good husband.
(b) She prays for Odysseus to return.
(c) She wishes to die.
(d) She prays for the suitors to die.

4. In Chapter 12, with his ship destroyed, Odysseus drifts until he reaches _____________.
(a) Ogygia.
(b) Aeaea.
(c) Scheria.
(d) Hades.

5. What is the name Odysseus the beggar gives as his own in Book 19?
(a) Idomeneus.
(b) Deucalion.
(c) Aethon.
(d) Iphitus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

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

3. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?

4. In Book 14, where does a disguised Odysseus tell Eumaeus he is from when asked?

5. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?

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