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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. How many days does it take Odysseus to make his preparations and finally leave Ogygia?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

2. 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.

3. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Suitors.

4. Where is Poseidon coming from when he sees Odysseus on his raft in Book 5?
(a) Libya.
(b) Mt. Olympus.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Ethiopia.

5. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?
(a) Menelaus is told how to get home and acquire more treasure.
(b) Menelaus is told how to get Helen back.
(c) Menelaus is told how to get home, as well as the fate of three of his friends.
(d) Menelaus is told how to get vengeance for his brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the magic cloud disperse from Odysseus?

3. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?

4. Where does Telemachus stay when Nestor's feast is over?

5. In Book 1, who seeks to punish Odysseus interminably?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Eumaeus a loyal servant and friend?

2. How is Odysseus discovered by the maids of Phaecia?

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

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

5. Describe Poseidon's attack on Odysseus in Book 5.

6. Why is Poseidon still upset with Odysseus in Book 13? Why does he now seek vengeance against the Phaecians? What can they do?

7. How does a naked Odysseus ask for help among Nausicaa and the maids?

8. What does Hercules serves as a reminder for/about?

9. What does Eumaeus think will happen to the old man if he approaches the suitors for work? Why?

10. Why does Odysseus reveal himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius?

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