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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) Hunting for food.
(b) Collecting water.
(c) Guarding the ship.
(d) The safety of the sun-cattle.

2. What will Thrinacia one day be known as?
(a) Crete.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Paros.
(d) Messina.

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

4. What plant does Ulysses rest amongst after reaching land in Section 13?
(a) Ferns.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Grass.
(d) Reeds.

5. Who is Ino?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A naiad.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A sorceress.

6. How old is Nausicaa?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Twenty-four years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

7. Which god tells Zeus that Poseidon's treatment of Ulysses is unjust?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athene.
(d) Artemis.

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

9. Where does Ulysses believe he is when he awakes in Section 12?
(a) In the Elysian Fields.
(b) Troy.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Thrinasia.

10. What is Thrinacia also known as?
(a) The Isle of the Sun.
(b) The Isle of Fire.
(c) The Isle of Dawn.
(d) The Isle of Dragons.

11. Who is Teiresias?
(a) A king.
(b) A fallen soldier.
(c) A god.
(d) A prophet.

12. What does Elpenor instruct Ulysses to avoid so that he does not lose his entire crew?
(a) The monster cyberus.
(b) The monster Charybdis.
(c) The monster Scylla.
(d) The Cyclops monsters.

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

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

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. Who turned Scylla into a monster?

2. What does Athene do when Ulysses departs from Phaeacia?

3. What is unique about the rocks that Ulysses' ship encounters in Section 9?

4. Where has Poseidon been vacationing?

5. Who does Hyperion request vengeance from?

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