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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about the cattle and flocks of the Sun?
(a) They are tended by the gods themselves.
(b) They never die or have young.
(c) They are there for the wanderer to use.
(d) They are used for special feasts of the gods.

2. In Chapter 12, with his ship destroyed, Odysseus drifts until he reaches _____________.
(a) Ogygia.
(b) Aeaea.
(c) Hades.
(d) Scheria.

3. Why, despite taking an oath, does Odysseus' crew slay some cattle of the Sun?
(a) They don't care about the warning Odysseus issued.
(b) They're bored.
(c) They've run out of food.
(d) Eurylochus says that Odysseus is keeping the cattle for himself.

4. Which suitor has a "bad feeling" after Odysseus the beggar tries to warn him of impending danger in Book 18?
(a) Eurymachus.
(b) Antinous.
(c) Peisander.
(d) Amphinomous.

5. How do the suitors view the fight between the two beggars in Book 18?
(a) They think the beggars are disgusting, but they can't stop watching it.
(b) They don't really care about the fight.
(c) They think it is the best entertainment that they've had.
(d) They think the beggars show their worth behaving in such a manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Telemachus to disband the feast after the fight of Irus and Odysseus the beggar?

2. What is Nausicaa's greatest concern for the trip back to her father's house from the river?

3. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?

4. What advice does Circe give Odysseus regarding Scylla and Charybdis?

5. In whose grove of poplar trees is Odysseus told to wait before approaching the palace in Book 6?

(see the answer key)

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