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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?
(a) Soldiers with which to vanquish the suitors.
(b) A polished car.
(c) A goodly cup.
(d) A well-wrought silver bowl.

2. How did Odysseus appear after his bath in Book 6?
(a) Athena made him look younger.
(b) Athena made him look like a hero.
(c) Athena made him look taller and stouter.
(d) Athena made him look natural.

3. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?
(a) She pours it for the men.
(b) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(c) She adds a drug.
(d) She warms it.

4. Which word best describes Odysseus' initial reaction when Calypso offers to help him in Book 5?
(a) Bewildered.
(b) Angered.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Excited.

5. In Book 1, who seeks to punish Odysseus interminably?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Athene.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ino give Odysseus to save his life when he loses his raft to Poseidon?

4. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?

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

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