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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book 2?
(a) A woman screams and wails.
(b) Lightning strikes a tree.
(c) Two eagles fly overhead.
(d) Flames burst out in the center of the meeting.

2. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two days.

3. Calypso gives Odysseus many things to help him on his way including supplies for making his ship, provisions for his journey, and a(n) _____________.
(a) Oarsmen.
(b) Rudder.
(c) Enchanted sail.
(d) Gentle breeze.

4. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus isn't coming back.
(b) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(c) Telemachus is bringing an army.
(d) Telemachus is guided by Athene.

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

6. Which god(dess) visits Telemachus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Kronos.
(d) Athene.

7. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The coast is a bluff and jagged reefs.
(c) There is no safe harbor.
(d) The sea is deep as it ends abruptly on the steep bluff.

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

9. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?
(a) Kill one of his men because the gods detest him.
(b) Make more sacrifices at each place he stops.
(c) Go back to Aeaea and observe his funeral rites.
(d) Take care of his father, Laertes.

10. Who tells Telemachus that it's time for him to behave like a man, not a child?
(a) Laertes.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Antinous.
(d) Mentes.

11. What does Menelaus first reveal regarding Odysseus when Telemachus tells Menelaus who he is and the purpose of his visit?
(a) Odysseus' problems are his own.
(b) He would have given Odysseus a city upon his return from Troy.
(c) Telemachus looks nothing like his father.
(d) Odysseus is not worth anyone's tears.

12. 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?
(a) She warms it.
(b) She pours it for the men.
(c) She adds a drug.
(d) She adds herbs to sweeten it.

13. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?
(a) Troy.
(b) Psyria.
(c) Tendos.
(d) Egypt.

14. In Book 4, Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Helen tell?
(a) The day Odysseus took her maid as a hostage to flee Troy.
(b) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.
(c) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.
(d) The day Odysseus brought her from Priam's house.

15. What does Aeolus give Odysseus in Book 10?
(a) A sack holding the winds.
(b) A warning.
(c) A nine year ox.
(d) A talent of gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Penelope keep from marrying one of the suitors?

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?

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

4. How long do Odysseus and his men stay with Circe in Book 10?

5. How many times has the meeting of the assembly occurred since Odysseus left?

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