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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Telemachus react to his mother's contest in Book 21?

2. What caused Telemachus to disband the feast after the fight of Irus and Odysseus the beggar?

3. How many suitors are spared in Book 22 before Eurycleia is summoned for cleaning the hall?

4. Who sets up the axes for the trial of the bow?

5. At his first feast in his own house, who throws a stool at Odysseus the beggar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By personally intervening, Athena shows to Achaeans that both Odysseus and Telemachus are valuable. What does each man possess that is considered important among the Achaeans at this time? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Homer allows the reader to sympathize with a couple of suitors - those who feel remorse and portend ill. Yet all are slaughtered. Why does Athena make a point of keeping those men at the hall? Why is her punishment so absolute? It is an appropriate punishment? Discuss the misdeeds of the suitors in your response.

Essay Topic 3

Sociologists can glean quite a bit of information about a culture from surviving literature. Use The Odyssey to illuminate the values of this society. What ideals are valued? What are some distinguishing characteristic of the Ancient Achaeans?

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