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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, Cannibal Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ulysses offer to Polyphemus so that he can better enjoy his dinner?
(a) Goat meat.
(b) Dessert.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

2. 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) Settle at the village.
(c) Ask the villagers to feed them.
(d) Attack the village.

3. What do the giants want with Ulysses' men?
(a) To eat them.
(b) To send them away.
(c) To murder them.
(d) To enslave them.

4. To whom does Eris intend to award the fruit at the wedding she attends uninvited?
(a) The most powerful of the Goddesses.
(b) The fairest of the Goddesses.
(c) The smartest of the Goddesses.
(d) The most popular of the Goddesses.

5. Who exiled the Cyclops monsters from Olympus to live on the island?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Ares.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Demeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 6, what does Ulysses send one of his men to climb in order to scout out the island?

2. Where does Pulyphemus trap the Hellenes?

3. In Section 3, what does Ulysses carry to his ship even though he is tired?

4. What does the flower Persephone makes cause people to do?

5. What do Ulysses' ships carry in their cargo holds instead of food?

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