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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?
(a) The day Odysseus brought her from Priam's house.
(b) The day Odysseus took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.
(c) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.
(d) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.

2. Where is Telemachus going during this journey?
(a) Sparta and Pylos.
(b) Sparta and Taphos.
(c) Pylos and Ephryra.
(d) Ephyra and Crete.

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

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?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

5. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Athene.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Kronos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes Odysseus' initial reaction when Calypso offers to help him in Book 5?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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