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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Calypso.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Cyclops monsters like to eat?
(a) Fellow cyclopses.
(b) Human flesh.
(c) Live goats.
(d) Fish.

2. What does Calypso turn the men into who she grows bored with?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rabbits.

3. Who exiled the Cyclops monsters from Olympus to live on the island?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Ares.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

4. Where does Pulyphemus trap the Hellenes?
(a) By a river.
(b) In a cave.
(c) Within a ditch.
(d) In a hut.

5. What does Ulysses offer to Polyphemus so that he can better enjoy his dinner?
(a) Water.
(b) Goat meat.
(c) Wine.
(d) Dessert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Teiresias?

2. What does Elpenor instruct Ulysses to avoid so that he does not lose his entire crew?

3. What demand is being made on Penelope in Ithaca?

4. What bird do the Hellenes follow from their ship in Section 8?

5. Who is Polyphemus' father?

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