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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book 2?
(a) Lightning strikes a tree.
(b) A woman screams and wails.
(c) Flames burst out in the center of the meeting.
(d) Two eagles fly overhead.

2. What does Odysseus receive from the thirteen kings of Phaecia?
(a) A spotless robe and tunic and a talent of gold.
(b) A slave and a chest of gold.
(c) A chest of gold and a chest of silver.
(d) A chest of gold each, and a well-wrought libations cup.

3. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?
(a) He is covered in the sail from his raft.
(b) He is wearing the clothes that Calypso gave him, but they're a little ragged.
(c) He is completely naked.
(d) He is wearing Ino's veil.

4. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?
(a) In the woods near Nestor's house.
(b) Beneath the portico at Nestor's house.
(c) With his men aboard the ship.
(d) In Nestor's garden.

5. What is Nestor doing when Telemachus arrives in Pylos?
(a) He is holding a feast in honor of Zeus.
(b) He is holding a feast in honor of Hermes.
(c) He is holding a feast in honor of Athene.
(d) He is holding a feast in honor of Poseidon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eumaeus describe the suitors actions?

2. What gift does Helen give to Telemachus as he is preparing to leave Lacedaemon?

3. Why is Telemachus skeptical that he and Odysseus can handle the suitors without help?

4. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?

5. What is happening in Lacedaemon when Telemachus arrives?

(see the answer key)

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