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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What demand is being made on Penelope in Ithaca?
(a) To give up her fortune.
(b) To choose a wife for her son.
(c) To leave her castle.
(d) To choose a husband.

2. What do the faces of the Sirens look like?
(a) Fish.
(b) Old women.
(c) Girls.
(d) Birds.

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

4. What does Ulysses hold Eurylochus and Perimedes responsible for?
(a) Hunting for food.
(b) The safety of the sun-cattle.
(c) Guarding the ship.
(d) Collecting water.

5. Why do Nausicaa's parents lose patience with her?
(a) Nausicaa spends too much gold.
(b) Nausicaa does not heed the gods.
(c) Nausicaa turns down all of her suitors.
(d) Nausicaa spends all of her time playing.

6. What does Athene do when Ulysses departs from Phaeacia?
(a) Athene drugs Poseidon.
(b) Athene warns Poseidon not to interfere.
(c) Athene travels with him disguised as a servant.
(d) Athene makes the winds blow so that the trip is quickened.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Ulysses find after swimming along the coast in Section 13?
(a) A cove.
(b) A river.
(c) A whirlpool.
(d) A waterfall.

12. What does Ulysses throw which knocks a hole in the castle courtyard in Section 14?
(a) A chariot wheel.
(b) A spear.
(c) A vase.
(d) A table.

13. What does Calypso claim to have turned Ulysses into when she saw him fall from his raft?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) A fish.
(c) An otter.
(d) A bird.

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

15. What does Ulysses send to Ithaca in Section 12 to bring him a report about his wife and son?
(a) A crow.
(b) A dove.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A gull.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the color of the sky affect Ulysses' mood in Section 9?

2. How many days does Ulysses swim for in Section 13?

3. What provision do Ulysses' men find in abundance on Thrinacia?

4. Who is Nausicaa?

5. How long does Ulysses drift at sea in Section 11?

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