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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ino give Odysseus to save his life when he loses his raft to Poseidon?
(a) A raft.
(b) A veil.
(c) A magic sail.
(d) A ride on dolphins.

2. In Book 11, who is first to visit Odysseus from the dead?
(a) Elpenor.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Teiresias.
(d) Anticleia.

3. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?
(a) Go back to Aeaea and observe his funeral rites.
(b) Take care of his father, Laertes.
(c) Make more sacrifices at each place he stops.
(d) Kill one of his men because the gods detest him.

4. Who first notices Odysseus' clothes in Alcinous' house?
(a) Nausicaa.
(b) Arete.
(c) Alcinous.
(d) Laodamas.

5. How long do Odysseus and his men stay with Circe in Book 10?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One season.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 7, why does Athena cloak Odysseus in clouds on his walk to the palace?

2. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?

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

4. What does Circe turn Odysseus' crew into in Book 10?

5. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?

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