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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What announcement does Telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in Book 1?
(a) He's been visited by the goddess Athena, and they should change their ways.
(b) He's going to call a meeting of the assembly and formally ask the suitors to leave.
(c) He's going to go on a trip.
(d) His father is alive.

2. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(b) Telemachus is bringing an army.
(c) Telemachus is guided by Athene.
(d) Telemachus isn't coming back.

3. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Atreus.
(d) Nestor.

4. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.
(a) Spear.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Bull.
(d) Heifer.

5. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?
(a) Kronos.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Athene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1, who seeks to punish Odysseus interminably?

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

3. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

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

5. In addition to offering advice, what else does Mentes from Taphos give to Telemachus?

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