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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Circe?

2. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?

3. Who offers himself as a sacrifice to appease the Gods in Section 2?

4. Who is Aeolus?

5. How many Greeks from each ship are killed when the villagers in Section 2 are attacking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ulysses dream about while docked in Libya?

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

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

4. Who are the Ciconians?

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

6. How does Aphrodite plot to win the title of the fairest Goddess?

7. How do the Hellenes escape Polyphemus' cave?

8. How does Aeolus recognize Ulysses?

9. What is the lotus-flower?

10. What happens to two of Ulysses' ships on the Island of the Racing Sun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the point of view of the story. How does the point of view affect the story? How does it affect the reader's experience?

Essay Topic 2

The Adventures of Ulysses is set in the Bronze Age on the Aegean sea, Ithaca, Olympus, as well as a few other islands etc. Discuss the setting of the novel The Adventures of Ulysses and what effect the time and place of the story has on the plot.

Essay Topic 3

Ulysses comes close to death on a number of occasions. He is also offered immortality but does not accept it. Discuss the theme of immortality in the novel The Adventures of Ulysses.

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