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

2. What is referred to as "a little death" by Hypnos?
(a) Injury.
(b) Illness.
(c) A coma.
(d) Sleep.

3. After leaving the Island with the giants, which direction do Ulysses and his men sail?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South-west.
(d) North-west.

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

5. Into what animal does Circe say she would turn Ulysses?
(a) A fox.
(b) A stag.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ulysses know he will encounter by heading toward Thrinacia?

4. How many days does Ulysses guard the bag of winds without sleeping?

5. Where does Pulyphemus trap the Hellenes?

(see the answer key)

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