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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 does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?
(a) That he will die at sea.
(b) That he will wander many years before returning home.
(c) That he will be blinded.
(d) That he will be betrayed by those he trusts.

2. What do the giants want with Ulysses' men?
(a) To eat them.
(b) To enslave them.
(c) To murder them.
(d) To send them away.

3. Who defeats Troy in an invasion?
(a) The Olympians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Homerics.

4. What is the name of the island Ulysses lands on in Section 6?
(a) The Island of the Morning Star.
(b) The Island of the Winds.
(c) The Island of Calm.
(d) The Island of the Racing Sun.

5. What does Ulysses dream of in Libya?
(a) His mother.
(b) His disastrous journey.
(c) His victory in Troy.
(d) Poseidon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose wedding does Eris attend uninvited?

2. Who is Aeolus?

3. What does Aeolus ask Ulysses for when he greets him on the island?

4. Where do the villagers gather to organize an attack on the Hellenes?

5. How is the island Ulysses lands on in Section 6 described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the monsters that inhabit the mountainous island where Ulysses' ship docks.

2. What favor does Aeolus grant Ulysses?

3. How does Polyphemus trap the Hellenes?

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

5. What plan does Ulysses devise that leads to the Greeks' victory over Troy?

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

7. What does Ulysses climb in Section 6?

8. What spell does Circe cast on men? Why?

9. What references does Section 2 make to sacrifices to the Gods?

10. How does Aphrodite plot to win the title of the fairest Goddess?

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