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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Odysseus anger the god(dess) who seeks to punish him in Book 1?
(a) He slaughtered some horses.
(b) He poked a cyclops' eye out.
(c) He failed to make a proper sacrifice.
(d) He killed his own crew.

2. At his first feast in his own house, who throws a stool at Odysseus the beggar?
(a) Medon.
(b) Melanthius.
(c) Antinous.
(d) Eurymachus.

3. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?
(a) Cyclops.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Giants.
(d) Pirates.

4. Who betrayed Penelope's loom of deceit?
(a) Her slave maids told the suitors after three years.
(b) She was caught by the suitors in the fourth year.
(c) It took them two years, but they figured it out themselves.
(d) She was caught by the suitors after five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?

2. What does Odysseus receive from the thirteen kings of Phaecia?

3. How many days does it take Odysseus to make his preparations and finally leave Ogygia?

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

5. In Chapter 12, with his ship destroyed, Odysseus drifts until he reaches _____________.

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