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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Irus nervous about his fight with Odysseus the beggar?
(a) The old man has muscular thighs.
(b) The suitors have threatened to drag him out by his feet if he loses.
(c) Athene sends a cold wind to give him a chill.
(d) Irus sees his muscular chest.

2. 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?
(a) Echeneus.
(b) Laodamas.
(c) Alcinous.
(d) Arete.

3. Who gets Telemachus' supplies of wine and barley for his quest?
(a) Athene.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Eurycleia.
(d) Penelope.

4. What does Telemachus seek from the assembly above all?
(a) Justice.
(b) Advice.
(c) Help.
(d) Supplies.

5. What does Nestor tell Telemachus about his relationship with Odysseus?
(a) They never fought side by side during the war.
(b) They never agreed at council during the war.
(c) They never differed at council during the war.
(d) They never spoke those nine years at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom was Eumaeus raised?

2. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?

3. What is the purpose of Telemachus' quest?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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