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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which contest in Book 8 does Odysseus first outstrip all others?
(a) Discus.
(b) Running.
(c) Archery.
(d) Boxing.

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

3. What does Poseidon call to disrupt Odysseus' easy passage to Phaecia?
(a) The four winds.
(b) The Hurricanes.
(c) The Kraken.
(d) Tsunami-like waves.

4. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?
(a) The sea is deep as it ends abruptly on the steep bluff.
(b) The coast is a bluff and jagged reefs.
(c) There is no safe harbor.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?

2. Who speaks up in Book 7 to ask that Odysseus be given a seat in the court of Alcinous since he has come as a supplicant?

3. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?

4. What does Odysseus receive from the thirteen kings of Phaecia?

5. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

(see the answer key)

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