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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Book 4, who did Menelaus capture?
(a) Eidothea.
(b) Proteus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Poseidon.

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

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

4. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?
(a) Nestor gives Telemachus another ship and one of his sons.
(b) Nestor gives Telemachus horses and one of his sons.
(c) Nestor gives Telemachus treasure, a map and one of his sons.
(d) Nestor gives Telemachus supplies and a guide.

5. Where is Telemachus going during this journey?
(a) Pylos and Ephryra.
(b) Ephyra and Crete.
(c) Sparta and Taphos.
(d) Sparta and Pylos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Telemachus seek from the assembly above all?

2. How did Odysseus anger the god(dess) who seeks to punish him in Book 1?

3. As a result of the meeting of the assembly in Book 2, what do the suitors decide to do?

4. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.

5. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?

(see the answer key)

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