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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of his six remaining sons does Nestor send with Telemachus in Book 3?
(a) Peisistratus.
(b) Thrasymedes.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Arteus.

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

3. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?
(a) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.
(b) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.
(c) The day Odysseus took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.
(d) The day Odysseus brought her from Priam's house.

4. How did Odysseus anger the god(dess) who seeks to punish him in Book 1?
(a) He failed to make a proper sacrifice.
(b) He poked a cyclops' eye out.
(c) He slaughtered some horses.
(d) He killed his own crew.

5. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?
(a) No winds stirred.
(b) He was disoriented.
(c) He wanted to acquire more treasure.
(d) He failed to make a proper sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which god(dess) visits Telemachus at the beginning of the poem?

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

4. In order to tell Telemachus of Odysseus' fate, where does Menelaus' tale begin?

5. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

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