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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. 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, as well as the fate of three of his friends.
(b) Menelaus is told how to get Helen back.
(c) Menelaus is told how to get home and acquire more treasure.
(d) Menelaus is told how to get vengeance for his brother.

2. While making announcements after Mentes' visit in Book 1, what else does Telemachus tell the suitors of his hall?
(a) They can stay as long as they like.
(b) He will be King of Ithaca.
(c) Odysseus is dead.
(d) Odysseus is alive, and he's going to find him.

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

4. What is the subject of Demodocus' first song at Alcinous' feast in Book 8?
(a) The tragic end of Agamemnon.
(b) The deeds and misdeeds of the gods.
(c) The famous quarrel between Odysseus and Achilles.
(d) The end of the Trojan war.

5. 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 brought her from Priam's house.
(c) The day Odysseus built the Trojan horse.
(d) The day Odysseus got into the city in a beggar's disguise without suspicion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?

2. Where is Poseidon coming from when he sees Odysseus on his raft in Book 5?

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) _____________.

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

5. According to Halitherses in Book 2, how long will Odysseus be gone before he returns to his friends and family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Nausicaa act properly towards Odysseus when giving aid in Book 6?

2. According to Nestor and Menelaus, was the war worth the cost?

3. Why does Menelaus mourn so much for Odysseus?

4. Why does Circe help Odysseus in Book 10?

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

6. From Helen and Menelaus' stories, what can be said about Odysseus?

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

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

9. Describe Odysseus' bed.

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

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