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

2. What demand is being made on Penelope in Ithaca?
(a) To choose a wife for her son.
(b) To choose a husband.
(c) To give up her fortune.
(d) To leave her castle.

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

4. How many Hellenes does Polyphemus eat?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. In which direction do Ulysses and his men sail at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hyperion?

2. Where does Ulysses believe he is when he awakes in Section 12?

3. How is Ulysses warned he would find his son upon his return home?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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