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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Odysseus is on land after his voyage from Scheria, why doesn't he know where he is?
(a) He's been gone too long.
(b) The Phaecians brought him to another island.
(c) He is unfamiliar with this part of Ithaca.
(d) Athene has spread a cloud, obscurring him.

2. Which suitor has a "bad feeling" after Odysseus the beggar tries to warn him of impending danger in Book 18?
(a) Amphinomous.
(b) Peisander.
(c) Eurymachus.
(d) Antinous.

3. What does Eupeithes seek at the assembly after the lords learn of the slaughter of the suitors?
(a) He wants revenge against Odysseus for his son, and the others lost to Odysseus.
(b) He wants Odysseus to go into exile.
(c) He wants recompense for his son from Odysseus.
(d) He wants the queen to be killed.

4. Who sets up the axes for the trial of the bow?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Eurymachus.
(c) Antinous.
(d) Telemachus.

5. With whom was Eumaeus raised?
(a) Ctimene.
(b) Laertes.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Telemachus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Eumaeus want the old man to tell him tales of his master?

2. After the first suitor fails to string the bow, what does he recommend?

3. In Book 23, now that the fight with the suitors is over, what does Odysseus tell Telemachus to do?

4. Since Telemachus dismissed the serving women, how is he able to move the armor in the dark in Book 19?

5. How is Odysseus, the old stranger, received by the swineherd in Book 14?

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