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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sets up the axes for the trial of the bow?
(a) Eurymachus.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Telemachus.

2. When Eurymachus' negotiations fail, what plan do the suitors make to escape from Odysseus' palace alive?
(a) Someone should try the back door and get into town.
(b) They form a phalanx trying to protect themselves.
(c) Everyone wants to be the leader, so they spend their time squabbling.
(d) They want to attack all together then raise the alarm.

3. In Book 5, who orders Odysseus' release from Calypso?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athene.

4. What will the winner of the beggars' fight in Book 18 get from the suitors?
(a) To be the sole beggar of the house.
(b) Shipped off to King Ecteus, who will cut his nose and ears.
(c) The goat paunch and always attend their feasts as the sole beggar.
(d) Fed for the week and given a new robe and tunic.

5. Who interrupts Phemius' sad song of the Achaeans in Book 1?
(a) Antinous.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Mentes.
(d) Telemachus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Penelope test the truth of Odysseus the beggar's story regarding Odysseus?

4. Who does Telemachus first slay among the suitors during the battle in the hall?

5. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?

(see the answer key)

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