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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After leaving the lotus-eaters, what do Odysseus and his ships find in Book 9?
(a) The pleasant island of Circe.
(b) A land of man-eating giants.
(c) A highly populated island filled with warlike people.
(d) An unspoiled land filled with goats.

3. Why does Odysseus have to go to Hades in Book 10?
(a) It's the gateway home.
(b) He must see Hades and Persephone to ask for help.
(c) To see Teiresias who will tell him how to get home.
(d) He must see the fallen heroes to ask for advice.

4. According to Halitherses in Book 2, how long will Odysseus be gone before he returns to his friends and family?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Seven years.

5. According to Circe, how should Odysseus get past the Sirens while listening to their song?
(a) He should be fine without any precautions.
(b) He should be bound to the mast.
(c) He should be taken below deck.
(d) He just shouldn't listen to their song.

6. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?
(a) Farming.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Sailing.

7. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?
(a) They endured rough seas and wind.
(b) His pilot died.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) They were pirating.

8. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Atreus.

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

10. What does Poseidon call to disrupt Odysseus' easy passage to Phaecia?
(a) The four winds.
(b) Tsunami-like waves.
(c) The Hurricanes.
(d) The Kraken.

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

12. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Taphos.
(b) Ogygia.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Pylos.

13. Who went disguised as a page in Book 8 throughout the town, encouraging people to hear about the stranger?
(a) Athene.
(b) Pontonous.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Alcinous.

14. In Book 7, why does Athena cloak Odysseus in clouds on his walk to the palace?
(a) Phaecians are so friendly that he might be offered hospitality before he reaches Alcinous' palace.
(b) She doesn't want her uncle, Poseidon, to see that Odysseus has landed safely.
(c) She doesn't want Odysseus to get distracted.
(d) Phaecians don't like strangers.

15. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Giants.
(c) Cyclops.
(d) Barbarians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eurylochus react when Odysseus tells his crew to follow him to Circe's house?

2. What color yarn does Nausicaa's mother spin?

3. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?

4. How long have the suitors been coming to Odysseus' home?

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

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