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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which hero did Odysseus first speak in Hades?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Achilles.

2. In Book 11, who is first to visit Odysseus from the dead?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Anticleia.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Teiresias.

3. As Odysseus and his men push away from the Cyclops island, what does Odysseus do?
(a) He prays to the gods for deliverance.
(b) He mourns the loss of his crewmen.
(c) He taunts Polyphemus.
(d) He spurs his crew to go faster.

4. As a result of the meeting of the assembly in Book 2, what do the suitors decide to do?
(a) It's time to give something back to Telemachus and his estate.
(b) It's time to go home.
(c) Continue behaving as they have been.
(d) To court other women, too.

5. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Kronos.
(d) Athene.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nausicaa, to whom should Odysseus first appeal when he gets to the court in Book 6?

2. Who sets up the axes for the trial of the bow?

3. What is special about the cattle and flocks of the Sun?

4. What does Poseidon call to disrupt Odysseus' easy passage to Phaecia?

5. When Odysseus is on land after his voyage from Scheria, why doesn't he know where he is?

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