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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state do the Nausicaa's women, who are playing a game while waiting for the clothes to dry, find the sheltering Odysseus?
(a) He is completely naked.
(b) He is wearing the clothes that Calypso gave him, but they're a little ragged.
(c) He is wearing Ino's veil.
(d) He is covered in the sail from his raft.

2. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Farming.
(d) Sailing.

3. Who helps Telemachus procure a ship and crew to begin his quest?
(a) Halitherses.
(b) Athene.
(c) Mentor.
(d) Laertes.

4. Why does Odysseus have to go to Hades in Book 10?
(a) It's the gateway home.
(b) He must see the fallen heroes to ask for advice.
(c) To see Teiresias who will tell him how to get home.
(d) He must see Hades and Persephone to ask for help.

5. What does the first spirit to visit Odysseus in Hades ask him to do?
(a) Take care of his father, Laertes.
(b) Go back to Aeaea and observe his funeral rites.
(c) Make more sacrifices at each place he stops.
(d) Kill one of his men because the gods detest him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Ino gives Odysseus help to survive Poseidon assault on the open sea, how many more days does Odysseus drift until he sees land?

2. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?

3. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?

4. What form does Athena take to guide Odysseus to Alcinous' palace?

5. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?

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