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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 is bringing an army.
(b) Telemachus is guided by Athene.
(c) Telemachus isn't coming back.
(d) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.

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

3. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Taphos.
(b) Pylos.
(c) Ogygia.
(d) Ithaca.

4. Floating with the aid of Ino and safe from Poseidon in Book 5, how does Odysseus make it to dry land when he first sees it?
(a) He swims until he finds a beach.
(b) He swims until he finds a boat.
(c) He swims until he finds a river.
(d) He swims until he finds a harbor.

5. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?
(a) Menelaus is told how to get home, as well as the fate of three of his friends.
(b) Menelaus is told how to get Helen back.
(c) Menelaus is told how to get home and acquire more treasure.
(d) Menelaus is told how to get vengeance for his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.

2. How long have the suitors been coming to Odysseus' home?

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

4. Odysseus and his men have just landed on an island after the lotus-eaters. Why does Odysseus leave this place the next morning?

5. Who helps Telemachus procure a ship and crew to begin his quest?

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