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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. Who is Persephone?
(a) Morpheus's aunt.
(b) Morpheus' daughter.
(c) Morpheus' wife.
(d) Morpheus' sister.

2. What does the god Ulysses meets give him in order to resist Circe's spell?
(a) A potion.
(b) A powder.
(c) A flower.
(d) An amulet.

3. Where do Ulysses' men sleep in Libya?
(a) On the shore.
(b) Within a jungle.
(c) In a town square.
(d) In a field.

4. What do Ulysses' ships carry in their cargo holds instead of food?
(a) Silks.
(b) Barrels of wine.
(c) Passengers.
(d) Treasures from Troy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?

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

3. What happens when Ulysses' ship is sucked in at the gate of the wall?

4. What animals are outside the island's castle?

5. What does Aeolus send to set Ulysses' ships off course?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Ciconians?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Ulysses climb in Section 6?

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

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

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

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

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