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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ulysses' mother?
(a) Aether.
(b) Agave.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Antileia.

2. What form does the monster Charybdis take?
(a) A giant.
(b) A whirlpool.
(c) A serpent.
(d) A tempest.

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

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

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

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

7. How did Charybdis anger Zeus?
(a) By spurning Zeus' affections.
(b) By falling in love with a mortal.
(c) By insulting Hera.
(d) By claiming land for her father.

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

9. What birds does Ulysses catch by pretending to be dead?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Crows.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Gulls.

10. In Section 11, who suggests Ullyses' men should eat the sun-cattle?
(a) Athene, in a dream.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Eurylochus.

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

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

13. What does Ulysses know he will encounter by heading toward Thrinacia?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Mermaids.
(c) Geographical obstacles.
(d) Bad weather.

14. What stops the Hellenes from leaving Thrinacia?
(a) Illness.
(b) A storm.
(c) A sleeping spell.
(d) Damage to their ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ulysses hopeful of as he and his men sail away from Tartarus?

2. Where does Ulysses swim to in Section 13?

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

4. Why do Nausicaa's parents lose patience with her?

5. What does Calypso claim to have turned Ulysses into when she saw him fall from his raft?

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