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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.
(a) Sailors.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Suitors.
(d) Relatives.

4. Who tells Telemachus that it's time for him to behave like a man, not a child?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Mentes.
(c) Laertes.
(d) Antinous.

5. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?
(a) With his men aboard the ship.
(b) In Nestor's garden.
(c) In the woods near Nestor's house.
(d) Beneath the portico at Nestor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mentes tell Telemachus in Book 1 that he must do?

2. Where is Telemachus going during this journey?

3. How many days does it take Odysseus to make his preparations and finally leave Ogygia?

4. To which goddess does Odysseus compare Nausicaa in Book 6?

5. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?

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