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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Telemachus' quest?
(a) He has to appeal to the gods for help.
(b) He is to find word or rumor about Odysseus and his fate.
(c) He has to assemble an army of heroes.
(d) He has to find Odysseus.

2. How many days does it take Odysseus to make his preparations and finally leave Ogygia?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Six days.

3. When sadness grips the feasting in her hall, causing Menelaus and his visitors to cry in remembrance of friends lost in Troy, what does Helen do to the wine?
(a) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(b) She warms it.
(c) She pours it for the men.
(d) She adds a drug.

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

5. Where is Telemachus going during this journey?
(a) Pylos and Ephryra.
(b) Sparta and Pylos.
(c) Sparta and Taphos.
(d) Ephyra and Crete.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?

3. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.

4. Odysseus and his men have just landed on an island after the lotus-eaters. Why does Odysseus leave this place the next morning?

5. During this assembly, who does Antinous blame for Telemachus' problem?

(see the answer key)

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