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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Mentes.
(d) Telemachus.

2. 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 took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.
(d) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.

3. While making announcements after Mentes' visit in Book 1, what else does Telemachus tell the suitors of his hall?
(a) Odysseus is alive, and he's going to find him.
(b) Odysseus is dead.
(c) They can stay as long as they like.
(d) He will be King of Ithaca.

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

5. What does Nestor tell Telemachus about his relationship with Odysseus?
(a) They never fought side by side during the war.
(b) They never differed at council during the war.
(c) They never agreed at council during the war.
(d) They never spoke those nine years at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?

2. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

3. Which word best describes Odysseus' initial reaction when Calypso offers to help him in Book 5?

4. Floating with the aid of Ino and safe from Poseidon in Book 5, how does Odysseus make it to dry land when he first sees it?

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

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