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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?
(a) A polished car.
(b) A goodly cup.
(c) A well-wrought silver bowl.
(d) Soldiers with which to vanquish the suitors.

2. How does Eurylochus react when Odysseus tells his crew to follow him to Circe's house?
(a) He tells the others that Circe will be kind if Odysseus is there.
(b) He tells the others it was Odysseus' fault that the others have perished, and that Odysseus is reckless.
(c) He tells the others to trust Odysseus.
(d) He tells the others it's a trap.

3. Where is Telemachus going during this journey?
(a) Pylos and Ephryra.
(b) Sparta and Taphos.
(c) Ephyra and Crete.
(d) Sparta and Pylos.

4. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?
(a) The day Odysseus brought her from Priam's house.
(b) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.
(c) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.
(d) The day Odysseus took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.

5. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Suitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Eumaeus want the old man to tell him tales of his master?

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

3. Why are there so few boars among Odysseus' swine in Book 14?

4. Where did Menelaus get the gift he gave to Telemachus?

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?

(see the answer key)

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