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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus isn't coming back.
(b) Telemachus is bringing an army.
(c) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(d) Telemachus is guided by Athene.

2. In order to tell Telemachus of Odysseus' fate, where does Menelaus' tale begin?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Pharos.
(c) Troy.
(d) Lesbos.

3. 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 crying on the beach.
(c) He's swimming.
(d) He's in her grotto asleep.

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?
(a) They were pirating.
(b) His pilot died.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) They endured rough seas and wind.

5. Why does Athena speak to Nausicaa in her dreams?
(a) She wants Nausicaa to discover Odysseus.
(b) She wants Nausicaa to prepare for her upcoming marriage.
(c) She wants others to know that Nausicaa has a connection with the immortals.
(d) She wants to tell Nausicaa that she hasn't been a good daughter or sister since she hasn't washed the clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to offering advice, what else does Mentes from Taphos give to Telemachus?

2. How does Penelope keep from marrying one of the suitors?

3. How many men does Odysseus lose to the Cyclops?

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

5. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?

(see the answer key)

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