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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Odysseus and his men stay with Circe in Book 10?
(a) One month.
(b) One year.
(c) One season.
(d) One week.

2. What advice does Circe give Odysseus regarding Scylla and Charybdis?
(a) Ply these monsters with a few of his crew.
(b) Flight is best.
(c) Take down Scylla with the mast of his ship.
(d) Odysseus will need lots of courage.

3. What does Menelaus first reveal regarding Odysseus when Telemachus tells Menelaus who he is and the purpose of his visit?
(a) Telemachus looks nothing like his father.
(b) He would have given Odysseus a city upon his return from Troy.
(c) Odysseus is not worth anyone's tears.
(d) Odysseus' problems are his own.

4. In Book 6, what instructions does Nausicaa give her maids regarding Odysseus?
(a) They are to run to get the men for protection.
(b) They are to wash his clothes too.
(c) They are to keep away from this stranger.
(d) They are to give him food and drink and bathe him.

5. What announcement does Telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in Book 1?
(a) He's going to go on a trip.
(b) His father is alive.
(c) He's going to call a meeting of the assembly and formally ask the suitors to leave.
(d) He's been visited by the goddess Athena, and they should change their ways.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mentes tell Telemachus in Book 1 that he must do?

3. With whom was Eumaeus raised?

4. In Book 3, Nestor pledges to sacrifice a gold-tipped _______________ in Athene's honor.

5. In Book 16, Where do Telemachus' gifts go?

(see the answer key)

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