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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?
(a) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(b) She adds a drug.
(c) She pours it for the men.
(d) She warms it.

2. Why does Nausicaa go to the river in Book 6?
(a) She wants to enjoy the day with her maids, playing ball.
(b) She wants to find a husband.
(c) She needs to do the wash for her family.
(d) She needs to bathe.

3. According to Book 4, who did Menelaus capture?
(a) Proteus.
(b) Eidothea.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Athena.

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

5. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Atreus.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?

3. How does Athene reveal herself to the men gathered at Nestor's palace?

4. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?

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?

(see the answer key)

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