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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Demodocus the bard?
(a) He is completely deaf.
(b) He can play a tune he's heard only once.
(c) He is blind but gifted with delightful song.
(d) He is a son of a Muse.

2. How many days does it take Odysseus to make his preparations and finally leave Ogygia?
(a) Six days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Five days.

3. How many times has the meeting of the assembly occurred since Odysseus left?
(a) It doesn't say.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Once.
(d) Five times.

4. Where does Calypso find Odysseus to tell him the news of his ordered release in Book 5?
(a) He's out in the forest building a hut.
(b) He's swimming.
(c) He's crying on the beach.
(d) He's in her grotto asleep.

5. 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 covered in the sail from his raft.
(b) He is wearing Ino's veil.
(c) He is wearing the clothes that Calypso gave him, but they're a little ragged.
(d) He is completely naked.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In order to tell Telemachus of Odysseus' fate, where does Menelaus' tale begin?

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

4. After his battle with Poseidon in Book 5, where does Odysseus find shelter in the land on which he has just arrived?

5. What does Menelaus first reveal regarding Odysseus when Telemachus tells Menelaus who he is and the purpose of his visit?

(see the answer key)

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