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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal do the Greeks sacrifice to the Gods?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Stags.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Goats.

2. Where does Pulyphemus trap the Hellenes?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a hut.
(c) Within a ditch.
(d) By a river.

3. In Section 2, who convinces Ulysses that the village is a gift from God?
(a) Perimedas.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Eurylochus.

4. To where does Circe tell Ulysses he must travel?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Thrinacia
(c) Hades.
(d) Crete.

5. Why can Aeolus not grant Ulysses a second favor?
(a) Aeolus has no more magic left.
(b) The Gods detest Ulysses.
(c) Ulysses broke his promise to Aeolus.
(d) Aeolus does not trust Ulysses' men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses dream about in Section 5?

2. How does Morpheus interfere with the Hellenes' dreams?

3. What do the sailors aboard Ulysses' ship begin to suspect about the bag of winds?

4. How is the foliage of the tree Ulysses climbs described?

5. Who is Polyphemus' father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ulysses dream about while docked in Libya?

2. Why does Ulysses resist attacking the island village that his men spot from their ships?

3. Whom does Ulysses send to scout the Island of the Racing Sun? What happens to them?

4. What happens to two of Ulysses' ships on the Island of the Racing Sun?

5. How does Aeolus recognize Ulysses?

6. Which god does Ulysses meet on his way to Circe's castle? What does this god offer Ulysses?

7. What heroic feat does Ulysses accomplish in Section 3?

8. What does Circe say Ulysses will have to do if he decided to leave her island?

9. What do Eurylochus and his men discover at the castle?

10. Why do the ships led by Ulysses quickly begin to run low on food?

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