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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.
(a) Bull.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Spear.
(d) Heifer.

2. How does the Cyclops in Book 9 show hospitality?
(a) He gives them the stranger's gift.
(b) He dashes two men's brains out and eats them.
(c) He offers them food and wine.
(d) He offers them food, wine, and a place to sleep.

3. What does Mentes tell Telemachus in Book 1 that he must do?
(a) Make Penelope decide about marriage.
(b) Thrust the suitors from the house.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Go on a quest.

4. Why does Odysseus have to go to Hades in Book 10?
(a) He must see the fallen heroes to ask for advice.
(b) To see Teiresias who will tell him how to get home.
(c) He must see Hades and Persephone to ask for help.
(d) It's the gateway home.

5. In Chapter 12, with his ship destroyed, Odysseus drifts until he reaches _____________.
(a) Scheria.
(b) Hades.
(c) Aeaea.
(d) Ogygia.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his battle with Poseidon in Book 5, where does Odysseus find shelter in the land on which he has just arrived?

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

3. How do the suitors view the fight between the two beggars in Book 18?

4. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

5. In which contest in Book 8 does Odysseus first outstrip all others?

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