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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13, Ino's Veil.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the god Ulysses meets give him in order to resist Circe's spell?
(a) A potion.
(b) A powder.
(c) An amulet.
(d) A flower.

3. Who is Aeolus?
(a) Zeus' son.
(b) Poseidon's son.
(c) Ares' son.
(d) Athene's son.

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

5. What stops the Hellenes from leaving Thrinacia?
(a) A storm.
(b) A sleeping spell.
(c) Illness.
(d) Damage to their ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the rocks in Section 9 prevent Ulysses and his crew from doing?

3. What does Ulysses hold on to after Poseidon destroys his ship in Section 13?

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

5. What do Ulysses' men block their ears with to sail thought the strait of the Sirens?

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