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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. Where is the ship taken to when the winds are released from the bag?
(a) Back to Polymetheus' island.
(b) Back to Troy.
(c) Back to Ithaca.
(d) Back to Aeolus' fortress.

2. How is the foliage of the tree Ulysses climbs described?
(a) As soft.
(b) As bright.
(c) As hairy.
(d) As lush.

3. What is the wall that the Hellenes encounter made of?
(a) Stone.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

4. Into what does Circe's spell turn Ulysses' men?
(a) Crows.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Dogs.

5. Who is kidnapped by Paris?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses dream of in Libya?

2. How many Greeks from each ship are killed when the villagers in Section 2 are attacking?

3. What does Ulysses offer to Polyphemus so that he can better enjoy his dinner?

4. What island do Ulysses and his men land at in Section 5?

5. What is referred to as "a little death" by Hypnos?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Polyphemus trap the Hellenes?

4. How do the Hellenes escape Polyphemus' cave?

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

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

7. What is attracted to the baubles thrown from Ulysses' ships in their retreat from the island? Who is angered by this?

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

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

10. Who is Morpheus? Who are his family members?

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