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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times has the meeting of the assembly occurred since Odysseus left?
(a) Once.
(b) Five times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) It doesn't say.

3. Who helps Telemachus procure a ship and crew to begin his quest?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Halitherses.
(d) Athene.

4. Which god(dess) visits Telemachus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Kronos.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Athene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

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

3. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?

4. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?

5. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?

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