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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, The Wandering Rocks.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Into what animal does Circe say she would turn Ulysses?
(a) A stag.
(b) A fox.
(c) A tiger.
(d) An eagle.

3. What do Ulysses' men want to do when they spot a small village on an island in Section 2?
(a) Steal the village's livestock.
(b) Ask the villagers to feed them.
(c) Settle at the village.
(d) Attack the village.

4. What does Ulysses see from atop a tree in Section 7?
(a) Fire.
(b) A village.
(c) Smoke.
(d) A great wall.

5. Who does Ulysses decree will be captain should anything happen to him?
(a) Eurylochus.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Perimedas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal do the Greeks sacrifice to the Gods?

3. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?

4. Into what does Circe's spell turn Ulysses' men?

5. In Section 2, who convinces Ulysses that the village is a gift from God?

(see the answer key)

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