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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. How old is Nausicaa?
(a) Twenty-four years old.
(b) Sixteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Ten years old.

2. In which direction do Ulysses and his men sail at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

3. Who does Ulysses think Nausicaa is?
(a) Athene.
(b) Artemis.
(c) His wife.
(d) Circe

4. What does Ulysses send to Ithaca in Section 12 to bring him a report about his wife and son?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A dove.
(c) A gull.
(d) A crow.

5. Who turned Scylla into a monster?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Amphitrite.
(d) Poseidon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of his crewmembers does Ulysses accidentally kill?

2. Who besides Ulysses survives the destruction of the ship?

3. What will Thrinacia one day be known as?

4. What is Ulysses hopeful of as he and his men sail away from Tartarus?

5. What does Calypso claim to have turned Ulysses into when she saw him fall from his raft?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Calypso know that Ulysses is coming in Section 12?

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

4. Who was Charybdis before she is turned into a monster?

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

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

7. How does Calypso bring Ulysses to her island?

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

9. What effect does the sky have on Ulysses in Section 9?

10. Describe Nausicaa.

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