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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?
(a) Cyclops.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Giants.
(d) Pirates.

4. As a result of the meeting of the assembly in Book 2, what do the suitors decide to do?
(a) It's time to give something back to Telemachus and his estate.
(b) Continue behaving as they have been.
(c) To court other women, too.
(d) It's time to go home.

5. What announcement does Telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in Book 1?
(a) He's going to call a meeting of the assembly and formally ask the suitors to leave.
(b) His father is alive.
(c) He's going to go on a trip.
(d) He's been visited by the goddess Athena, and they should change their ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.

2. Who led the group which wanted to leave Troy immediately after the war?

3. Which of his six remaining sons does Nestor send with Telemachus in Book 3?

4. How did Odysseus anger the god(dess) who seeks to punish him in Book 1?

5. Who tells Telemachus that it's time for him to behave like a man, not a child?

(see the answer key)

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