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

2. What is attracted to the treasures unloaded from the ships in the Greek's retreat?
(a) Naiads.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Mermaids.
(d) Sharks.

3. What do Ulysses' men want to do when they spot a small village on an island in Section 2?
(a) Attack the village.
(b) Ask the villagers to feed them.
(c) Steal the village's livestock.
(d) Settle at the village.

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

5. Who is Morpheus?
(a) The god of slumber.
(b) The god of the soul.
(c) The god of dreams.
(d) The god of the south wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defeats Troy in an invasion?

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

3. Where is the ship taken to when the winds are released from the bag?

4. Who is Circe?

5. How many men are sent out to scout the island in Section 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What role does greed play in ruining Ulysses' return to Ithaca?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the island Ulysses lands on in Section 6.

9. Eris is the Lady of Discord. Explain how she lives up to her title at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

10. How do the Hellenes escape Polyphemus' cave?

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