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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?
(a) He is wearing Ino's veil.
(b) He is wearing the clothes that Calypso gave him, but they're a little ragged.
(c) He is completely naked.
(d) He is covered in the sail from his raft.

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

3. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?
(a) Tendos.
(b) Troy.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Psyria.

4. Who gets Telemachus' supplies of wine and barley for his quest?
(a) Athene.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Eurycleia.
(d) Penelope.

5. What does Telemachus seek from the assembly above all?
(a) Help.
(b) Advice.
(c) Justice.
(d) Supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?

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

3. Calypso gives Odysseus many things to help him on his way including supplies for making his ship, provisions for his journey, and a(n) _____________.

4. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?

5. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?

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