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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who went disguised as a page in Book 8 throughout the town, encouraging people to hear about the stranger?
(a) Alcinous.
(b) Pontonous.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Athene.

2. Who is the first in the hall to notice Odysseus the beggar?
(a) Antinous.
(b) Melanthius.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Eumaeus.

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

4. What does Theoclymenus tell Penelope about the omen of the birds?
(a) He says that Odysseus is already there, biding his time.
(b) He says that Odysseus is in the hall now, amongst the suitors.
(c) He says that Odysseus will be home soon.
(d) He says that Odysseus won't make it home.

5. Calypso gives Odysseus many things to help him on his way including supplies for making his ship, provisions for his journey, and a(n) _____________.
(a) Enchanted sail.
(b) Rudder.
(c) Gentle breeze.
(d) Oarsmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Telemachus supposed to put all the fighting gear that lies about Odysseus' hall?

2. Why did Odysseus and Ajax fight?

3. Floating with the aid of Ino and safe from Poseidon in Book 5, how does Odysseus make it to dry land when he first sees it?

4. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

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

(see the answer key)

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