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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ino give Odysseus to save his life when he loses his raft to Poseidon?
(a) A ride on dolphins.
(b) A magic sail.
(c) A veil.
(d) A raft.

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

3. Odysseus and his men have just landed on an island after the lotus-eaters. Why does Odysseus leave this place the next morning?
(a) He wants to hurry home because he has a bad feeling.
(b) He wants to gather more treasure.
(c) He wants to investigate another island from which smoke can be seen.
(d) He wants to please Zeus since they've angered him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?

2. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.

3. How does Eurylochus convince Odysseus to land on Thrinacia?

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

5. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?

Short Essay Questions

1. Recount the most recent part of Odysseus' story of woe, as told in Book 7.

2. In Book 3, what can be learned from the story of Agamemnon's murder since the reader is seeing it a second time?

3. In Book 23, Telemachus calls his mother's reaction to Odysseus cold and unfeeling. What does it reveal about her character?

4. What do the suitors think of Telemachus leaving Ithaca? What are their fears?

5. Why does Athene reveal her presence to Telemachus and Nestor in Book 3?

6. How does Euryalus insult Odysseus when the Phaeacians are engaging in sport?

7. What are the suitors' fears now that Telemachus has escaped their plot in Book 16?

8. In Book 17, what more is discovered about Antinous through his actions towards the beggars?

9. Why do the rest of the men (aside from the suitors) gathered at the assembly fail to speak or act in Book 2?

10. In Book 15, why does Peisistratus let Telemachus go without seeing Nestor again? Is this wise?

(see the answer keys)

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