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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Calypso.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Ulysses' ships carry in their cargo holds instead of food?
(a) Silks.
(b) Treasures from Troy.
(c) Passengers.
(d) Barrels of wine.

3. What does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?
(a) That he will wander many years before returning home.
(b) That he will die at sea.
(c) That he will be betrayed by those he trusts.
(d) That he will be blinded.

4. What is the island that Ulysses lands his ship on in Section 4 like?
(a) Mountainous.
(b) Foggy and cold.
(c) A flat barren plain.
(d) Covered in thick jungle.

5. What do Ulysses' men notice about the animals at the castle?
(a) The animals walk upright.
(b) The animals are sickly.
(c) The animals have human eyes.
(d) The animals are unfriendly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What supply do the men run out of aboard Ulysses' ship in Section 4?

3. Into what animal does Circe say she would turn Ulysses?

4. How does Morpheus interfere with the Hellenes' dreams?

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

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