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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ulysses instructed to return Ino's veil to her?
(a) Throw it back into the water.
(b) Ulysses is told not to return it.
(c) Send it back to her with a gull.
(d) Take it to Mount Olympus.

2. Who is Nausicaa's father?
(a) King Alcinous.
(b) King Icarus.
(c) King Cepheus.
(d) Zeus.

3. How is Ulysses' ship driven through the strait of the Sirens?
(a) By the wind.
(b) By oar.
(c) By a current.
(d) By Poseidon.

4. What do Nausicaa and the maidens play with at the river?
(a) A feather.
(b) Marbles.
(c) A dog.
(d) A ball.

5. What bird do the Hellenes follow from their ship in Section 8?
(a) A gull.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A crow.
(d) A dove.

6. What does Ulysses hold on to after Poseidon destroys his ship in Section 13?
(a) A plank.
(b) A railing.
(c) A trunk.
(d) A barrel.

7. How is Ulysses warned he would find his son upon his return home?
(a) Suffering illness.
(b) Dead.
(c) Being held captive.
(d) Lost at sea.

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

9. Who warns Ulysses in Section 8 that he will encounter the Sirens?
(a) Athene.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Achilles.

10. What was Charybdis before she angered Zeus?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A sorceress.
(c) A naiad.
(d) A human girl.

11. What destroys Ulysses' ship as it sails away from Thrinacia?
(a) The west wind.
(b) A tidal wave.
(c) A storm.
(d) A whirlpool.

12. Where has Poseidon been vacationing?
(a) Africa.
(b) Anglia.
(c) Asia.
(d) India.

13. What is special about Ino's veil?
(a) It does not sink.
(b) It wards off sharks.
(c) It flies.
(d) It has a sense of direction.

14. What color are the skies in Section 9?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Grey.
(d) Black.

15. What does the physical appearance of the Sirens cause Ulysses' men to do?
(a) Row faster.
(b) Stop rowing.
(c) Row toward the coast.
(d) Row slower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses hold Eurylochus and Perimedes responsible for?

2. What is the only animal Ulysses' men hunt successfully in Thrinacia?

3. Which of his crewmembers does Ulysses accidentally kill?

4. How long are the Hellenes stuck at Thrinacia?

5. What does Ulysses send to Ithaca in Section 12 to bring him a report about his wife and son?

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