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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color yarn does Nausicaa's mother spin?
(a) Sea purple.
(b) Meadow green.
(c) Sun-drenched gold.
(d) Sky blue.

2. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?
(a) Kronos.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athene.

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

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

5. What does Odysseus do during the voyage home in Book 13?
(a) Stands lookout.
(b) Takes to oar.
(c) Holds the rudder.
(d) Sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Odysseus anger the god(dess) who seeks to punish him in Book 1?

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

3. What is Nestor doing when Telemachus arrives in Pylos?

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

5. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?

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