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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. In Section 2, who warns the Hellenes that an attack in coming?
(a) The sentries.
(b) Eurylochus.
(c) A villager.
(d) Athene.

2. Which god does Ulysses meet as he travels to the castle?
(a) Hestia.
(b) Nike.
(c) Athene.
(d) Hermes.

3. What is the Cyclops?
(a) A monster with one eye.
(b) A monster with hair made of serpents.
(c) A monster two heads.
(d) A monster with the head of a bull.

4. Where is the ship taken to when the winds are released from the bag?
(a) Back to Aeolus' fortress.
(b) Back to Troy.
(c) Back to Ithaca.
(d) Back to Polymetheus' island.

5. How many Greeks from each ship are killed when the villagers in Section 2 are attacking?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) None.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?

2. What do the sailors aboard Ulysses' ship begin to suspect about the bag of winds?

3. What is the wall that the Hellenes encounter made of?

4. What is unique about the rocks that Ulysses' ship encounters in Section 9?

5. What does Ulysses see from atop a tree in Section 7?

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