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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the suitors view the fight between the two beggars in Book 18?
(a) They don't really care about the fight.
(b) They think it is the best entertainment that they've had.
(c) They think the beggars show their worth behaving in such a manner.
(d) They think the beggars are disgusting, but they can't stop watching it.

2. Which suitor scorns Odysseus the beggar at the second feast which he attends, in Book 20?
(a) Ctesippus.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Amphinimous.
(d) Eurymachus.

3. Why doesn't Eumaeus want the old man to tell him tales of his master?
(a) Many travelers will tell tales for food and clothing.
(b) It doesn't look like he has the means to travel.
(c) He's been told not to speak Odysseus' name.
(d) He's convinced Odysseus is dead.

4. What time of day do Odysseus and the Phaecians set sail in Book 13?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dusk.
(d) It doesn't say.

5. Who gives Odysseus the bow that Penelope is using in her contest for the suitors?
(a) Iphitus.
(b) Orsilochus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Eurytus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Helen give to Telemachus as he is preparing to leave Lacedaemon?

2. Who betrayed Penelope's loom of deceit?

3. Where is Odysseus going in the morning in Book 23, the day after the battle with the suitors?

4. What sign does Odysseus give to his father so he believes that Odysseus has returned?

5. Why are there so few boars among Odysseus' swine in Book 14?

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