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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. With how many ships does Ulysses set sail?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

3. What is the Cyclops?
(a) A monster with hair made of serpents.
(b) A monster with one eye.
(c) A monster with the head of a bull.
(d) A monster two heads.

4. What animals are sacrificed so that Ulysses may talk to the dead?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cows.
(c) Stags.
(d) Pigs.

5. What does Elpenor instruct Ulysses to avoid so that he does not lose his entire crew?
(a) The monster Scylla.
(b) The monster Charybdis.
(c) The monster cyberus.
(d) The Cyclops monsters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 2, who convinces Ulysses that the village is a gift from God?

2. How does Aeolus recognize Ulysses' name?

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

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

5. Where does Pulyphemus trap the Hellenes?

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