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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Halitherses.
(c) Eurymachus.
(d) Aegyptius.

2. Which god(dess) visits Telemachus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Athene.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Kronos.

3. What time of day do Odysseus and the Phaecians set sail in Book 13?
(a) Noon.
(b) It doesn't say.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Dawn.

4. Why does Telemachus take Theoclymenus on his ship home?
(a) Athena tells him to take the murderer.
(b) Theoclymenus is fleeing from punishment.
(c) Theoclymenus pays him.
(d) Telemachus realizes he needs all the allies he can get in Ithaca.

5. How many youths are chosen for the black ship that Alcinous will provide Odysseus?
(a) 42.
(b) 50.
(c) 52.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?

2. What gift does Menelaus give to Telemachus as they part company in Book 15?

3. What advice does Circe give Odysseus regarding Scylla and Charybdis?

4. What is the subject of Demodocus' first song at Alcinous' feast in Book 8?

5. 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?

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