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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10, The Sirens & Scylla and Charybdis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who turned Scylla into a monster?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Amphitrite.
(d) Zeus.

3. Who devises a plan to hide soldiers within a giant wooden horse?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Ulysses.

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

5. How many days does Ulysses guard the bag of winds without sleeping?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elpenor instruct Ulysses to avoid so that he does not lose his entire crew?

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

3. Whose wedding does Eris attend uninvited?

4. Who exiled the Cyclops monsters from Olympus to live on the island?

5. What direction is Ulysses forced to sail due to the rocks in Section 9?

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