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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Menelaus give to Telemachus when Telemachus politely refuses his other gifts?
(a) A polished car.
(b) A goodly cup.
(c) A well-wrought silver bowl.
(d) Soldiers with which to vanquish the suitors.

3. Penelope learns about the suitors' plan for Telemachus from a page, but what does she learn from her sister's phantom?
(a) Telemachus is guided by Athene.
(b) Telemachus is wise beyond his years.
(c) Telemachus is bringing an army.
(d) Telemachus isn't coming back.

4. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?
(a) Pylos.
(b) Ogygia.
(c) Taphos.
(d) Ithaca.

5. Why were Menelaus and his ships stuck for 20 days?
(a) He failed to make a proper sacrifice.
(b) No winds stirred.
(c) He wanted to acquire more treasure.
(d) He was disoriented.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day do Odysseus and the Phaecians set sail in Book 13?

2. Who killed Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon?

3. When captured by Menelaus, who had been stuck for 20 days, what did this being reveal to him to get his freedom?

4. What does Odysseus do during the voyage home in Book 13?

5. Why did Odysseus and Ajax fight?

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