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

3. 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) Arete.
(c) Laodamas.
(d) Alcinous.

4. Why is Telemachus skeptical that he and Odysseus can handle the suitors without help?
(a) Telemachus is untried in battle.
(b) Odysseus isn't as young as he used to be.
(c) Odysseus has suffered for many years and it's taken a toll on his body.
(d) There are more than 100 suitors haunting their halls.

5. While making announcements after Mentes' visit in Book 1, what else does Telemachus tell the suitors of his hall?
(a) He will be King of Ithaca.
(b) They can stay as long as they like.
(c) Odysseus is dead.
(d) Odysseus is alive, and he's going to find him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Odysseus going in the morning in Book 23, the day after the battle with the suitors?

2. Who interprets the sign of the eagle and the goose as Telemachus and Peisistratus are leaving Lacedaemon?

3. What sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book 2?

4. Which suitor scorns Odysseus the beggar at the second feast which he attends, in Book 20?

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

(see the answer key)

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