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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What special ability does Calypso have?
(a) Calypso can control the tides.
(b) Calypso can see the past and future.
(c) Calypso can control peoples' minds.
(d) Calypso can communicate telepathically.

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

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

5. What insect does the monster Scylla resemble?
(a) A moth.
(b) A spider.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A centipede.

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

7. Who does Ulysses think Nausicaa is?
(a) His wife.
(b) Circe
(c) Athene.
(d) Artemis.

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

9. What is Ulysses tricked into believing his men are eating in Section 11?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Cow.
(c) Stag.
(d) Wild pig.

10. In Section 8, what does the sea slope and narrow to become?
(a) The strait of the Sirens.
(b) A passage to Ithaca.
(c) The River Styx.
(d) Tartarus.

11. Who do some say Nausicaa eventually falls in love with?
(a) A lonely prince.
(b) A hero of the Trojan war.
(c) A blind poet.
(d) A travelling musician.

12. Which of his crewmembers does Ulysses accidentally kill?
(a) Eurylochus.
(b) Perimedas.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Eumaeus.

13. 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) Throw it back into the water.
(d) Ulysses is told not to return it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Nausicaa?

3. From a distance, what does Ulysses see floating in the water in Section 9?

4. Who turned Scylla into a monster?

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

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