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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what device does Calypso watch Ulysses' journey?
(a) A magical fire.
(b) A magical mirror.
(c) A magical tablet.
(d) A magical basin.

2. What are the Hellenes instructed not to eat by Teiresias?
(a) Fruit offered by maidens.
(b) Hyperion's golden cattle.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) Fish from Poseidon's ocean.

3. What direction is Ulysses forced to sail due to the rocks in Section 9?
(a) East.
(b) South by Southeast.
(c) West.
(d) North by Northwest.

4. Why does Ino offer to help Ulysses in Section 13?
(a) Ino respects Ulysses for his heroics in the Trojan war.
(b) Ino hates Poseidon.
(c) Ino loves humans.
(d) Ino expects a favor in return for her help.

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

6. What does Poseidon call up when he sees Ulysses at sea in Section 13?
(a) A storm.
(b) A tidal wave.
(c) A gale.
(d) A strong current.

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

8. What provision do Ulysses' men find in abundance on Thrinacia?
(a) Game.
(b) Water.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Fruit.

9. What does Calypso turn the men into who she grows bored with?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Birds.
(d) Spiders.

10. What is the only animal Ulysses' men hunt successfully in Thrinacia?
(a) Wild pigs.
(b) Stags.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Bears.

11. In which direction do Ulysses and his men sail at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

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

14. How long are the Hellenes stuck at Thrinacia?
(a) Fourteen days.
(b) Two months.
(c) Thirty days.
(d) Six months.

15. What are the bodies of the Sirens like?
(a) Fish.
(b) Birds.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange noise does Ulysses hear in Section 9?

2. In Section 11, who suggests Ullyses' men should eat the sun-cattle?

3. Where do the Hellenes attempt to sail directly to following Ulysses' order?

4. What do the Sirens enchant men with?

5. Who turned Scylla into a monster?

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