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

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

3. What animals are sacrificed so that Ulysses may talk to the dead?
(a) Stags.
(b) Goats.
(c) Cows.
(d) Pigs.

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

5. What special ability does Calypso have?
(a) Calypso can control peoples' minds.
(b) Calypso can see the past and future.
(c) Calypso can control the tides.
(d) Calypso can communicate telepathically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of his crewmembers does Ulysses accidentally kill?

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

3. Who is Teiresias?

4. What does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?

5. In Section 8, what does the sea slope and narrow to become?

(see the answer key)

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