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

3. What does Aeolus send to set Ulysses' ships off course?
(a) A gale.
(b) A tidal wave.
(c) A storm.
(d) A whirlpool.

4. To where does Circe tell Ulysses he must travel?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Crete.
(c) Thrinacia
(d) Hades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses do to stop the attacking villagers from following his men?

2. Who are the people who live in the village in Section 2?

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

4. What do the Cyclops monsters like to eat?

5. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?

(see the answer key)

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