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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, The Cyclops' Cave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ulysses dream of in Libya?
(a) His victory in Troy.
(b) His mother.
(c) His disastrous journey.
(d) Poseidon.

2. What do the Cyclops monsters like to eat?
(a) Human flesh.
(b) Live goats.
(c) Fish.
(d) Fellow cyclopses.

3. What does Ulysses do to stop the attacking villagers from following his men?
(a) Ulysses causes a rockslide.
(b) Ulysses shoots their horses.
(c) Ulysses leads the villagers in another direction.
(d) Ulysses sets dried grass on fire.

4. What kind of flower does Morpheus convince Persephone to make?
(a) A moby flower.
(b) A lotus flower.
(c) A hellebore flower.
(d) An aconite flower.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?

3. What is the island that Ulysses lands his ship on in Section 4 like?

4. With how many ships does Ulysses set sail?

5. What God is angered by the defeat of Troy?

(see the answer key)

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