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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

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 are used for special feasts of the gods.
(c) They are there for the wanderer to use.
(d) They never die or have young.

2. According to Penelope, when did Odysseus say it was acceptable for her to remarry?
(a) After Telemachus gets married.
(b) When 21 years have passed.
(c) When Telemachus is a bearded man.
(d) When Laertes dies.

3. Why doesn't Eumaeus want the old man to tell him tales of his master?
(a) It doesn't look like he has the means to travel.
(b) He's convinced Odysseus is dead.
(c) Many travelers will tell tales for food and clothing.
(d) He's been told not to speak Odysseus' name.

4. What form does Athena take to guide Odysseus to Alcinous' palace?
(a) A young page.
(b) A blind old man.
(c) A servant of the house.
(d) A young girl.

5. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?
(a) Aegyptius.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Halitherses.
(d) Eurymachus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What test does Odysseus give his son in Book 16?

2. Who betrayed Penelope's loom of deceit?

3. Athene instructs Nestor to help Telemachus on the next leg of his journey. What does he supply?

4. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?

5. Why is Telemachus skeptical that he and Odysseus can handle the suitors without help?

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