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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 does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?
(a) That he will be betrayed by those he trusts.
(b) That he will be blinded.
(c) That he will wander many years before returning home.
(d) That he will die at sea.

2. What does Calypso claim to have turned Ulysses into when she saw him fall from his raft?
(a) A bird.
(b) A dragonfly.
(c) A fish.
(d) An otter.

3. What is Ulysses told that Penelope weaves every day?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A shroud.
(c) A cloak.
(d) A rug.

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

5. What is the island that Ulysses lands his ship on in Section 4 like?
(a) Mountainous.
(b) Foggy and cold.
(c) A flat barren plain.
(d) Covered in thick jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Cyclops?

2. What animals are sacrificed so that Ulysses may talk to the dead?

3. What are the Hellenes instructed not to eat by Teiresias?

4. What does Ulysses offer to Polyphemus so that he can better enjoy his dinner?

5. How many Hellenes does Polyphemus eat?

(see the answer key)

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