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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 Athene do when Ulysses departs from Phaeacia?
(a) Athene drugs Poseidon.
(b) Athene warns Poseidon not to interfere.
(c) Athene makes the winds blow so that the trip is quickened.
(d) Athene travels with him disguised as a servant.

2. Where do the Hellenes attempt to sail directly to following Ulysses' order?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Crete.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Troy.

3. What are the bodies of the Sirens like?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Humans.
(c) Birds.
(d) Fish.

4. What demand is being made on Penelope in Ithaca?
(a) To choose a wife for her son.
(b) To leave her castle.
(c) To choose a husband.
(d) To give up her fortune.

5. What form does the monster Charybdis take?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A giant.
(c) A tempest.
(d) A whirlpool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rocks in Section 9 prevent Ulysses and his crew from doing?

2. Who is Ulysses' mother?

3. What direction is Ulysses forced to sail due to the rocks in Section 9?

4. Who is Nausicaa?

5. In Section 13, how many days is Ulysses at sea before Poseidon's return from vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said to have happened to Nausicaa after Ulysses' departure?

2. How does Eurylochus convince the crew to eat the sun-cattle?

3. Why are two goats sacrificed when Ulysses and his men reach Tartarus?

4. How does Princess Nausicaa get Ulysses to reveal his identity?

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

6. How does Ulysses trap food while he is adrift on the raft in Section 11?

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

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

9. Why do several of his men believe Ulysses killed Elpenor intentionally?

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

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