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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 special ability does Calypso have?
(a) Calypso can communicate telepathically.
(b) Calypso can see the past and future.
(c) Calypso can control peoples' minds.
(d) Calypso can control the tides.

2. Who does Hyperion request vengeance from?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athene.
(d) Hera.

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

4. What do the Sirens enchant men with?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Their appearances.
(c) Their perfume.
(d) Their voices.

5. What do Ulysses' men block their ears with to sail thought the strait of the Sirens?
(a) Tree sap.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Wax.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what device does Calypso watch Ulysses' journey?

2. Where has Poseidon been vacationing?

3. What provision do Ulysses' men find in abundance on Thrinacia?

4. What animals are sacrificed so that Ulysses may talk to the dead?

5. How is Ulysses' ship driven through the strait of the Sirens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Nausicaa.

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

8. How does Calypso bring Ulysses to her island?

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

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

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