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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. Why do Nausicaa's parents lose patience with her?
(a) Nausicaa spends all of her time playing.
(b) Nausicaa does not heed the gods.
(c) Nausicaa turns down all of her suitors.
(d) Nausicaa spends too much gold.

2. What bird do the Hellenes follow from their ship in Section 8?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A dove.
(c) A crow.
(d) A gull.

3. In Section 11, who suggests Ullyses' men should eat the sun-cattle?
(a) Athene, in a dream.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Eurylochus.
(d) Elpenor.

4. How long are the Hellenes stuck at Thrinacia?
(a) Thirty days.
(b) Fourteen days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

5. What are the Hellenes instructed not to eat by Teiresias?
(a) Fruit offered by maidens.
(b) Wild pigs.
(c) Hyperion's golden cattle.
(d) Fish from Poseidon's ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops the Hellenes from leaving Thrinacia?

2. What does Athene tell Nausicaa to do in her dream?

3. Who is Ino?

4. In which direction do Ulysses and his men sail at the beginning of Section 8?

5. How did Charybdis anger Zeus?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 9, why does Ulysses order his men to sail straight to Ithaca?

2. What obstacle does Ulysses' ship encounter on its journey toward Ithaca in Section 9?

3. Why does Ulysses decide his crew should leave Thrinacia after their hunt is unsuccessful?

4. Describe Nausicaa.

5. What obstacle does Ulysses encounter when he reaches the shore of Phaeacia?

6. Why does Ulysses have his men tie him to the ship's mast as they pass through the strait of the Sirens?

7. What happens when Poseidon returns from his vacation in Africa?

8. What effect does the physical appearance of the Sirens have on Ulysses' men?

9. How do the floating rocks lead Ulysses to fulfill Teiresias' prophesy?

10. How does Athene help Ulysses when he is on Calypso's island?

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