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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 first reveal regarding Odysseus when Telemachus tells Menelaus who he is and the purpose of his visit?
(a) Odysseus' problems are his own.
(b) He would have given Odysseus a city upon his return from Troy.
(c) Telemachus looks nothing like his father.
(d) Odysseus is not worth anyone's tears.

2. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?
(a) He failed to make a proper sacrifice.
(b) He was disoriented.
(c) No winds stirred.
(d) He wanted to acquire more treasure.

3. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.
(a) Spear.
(b) Heifer.
(c) Osprey.
(d) Bull.

4. What is happening in Lacedaemon when Telemachus arrives?
(a) Menelaus is celebrating a double marriage.
(b) Menelaus is celebrating the marriage of his daughter.
(c) Menelaus is holding a funeral rite for his brother.
(d) Menelaus and his household are holding a feast in honor of the gods.

5. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color yarn does Nausicaa's mother spin?

2. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?

3. According to Nausicaa, to whom should Odysseus first appeal when he gets to the court in Book 6?

4. Why does Nausicaa go to the river in Book 6?

5. How did Odysseus appear after his bath in Book 6?

(see the answer key)

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