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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?
(a) Ulysses stabs Polyphemus in the stomach.
(b) Ulysses binds Polyphemus' feet.
(c) Ulysses cuts off Polyphemus' arms.
(d) Ulysses blinds Polyphemus.

2. What does Ulysses awake upon in Section 12?
(a) Thorns.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Sand.
(d) Grass.

3. Who is sent to Ogygia to tell Calypso to release Ulysses?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Athene.
(d) Apollo.

4. Where does Ulysses believe he is when he awakes in Section 12?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Thrinasia.
(c) Troy.
(d) In the Elysian Fields.

5. How is Ulysses warned he would find his son upon his return home?
(a) Dead.
(b) Lost at sea.
(c) Suffering illness.
(d) Being held captive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal do the Hellenes hunt on the island?

2. What is Ulysses told that Penelope weaves every day?

3. What does Calypso turn the men into who she grows bored with?

4. Who is Teiresias?

5. Through what device does Calypso watch Ulysses' journey?

(see the answer key)

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