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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Teiresias' shade, what will help Odysseus and his crew make it home safely?
(a) They need to make a trip to Olympus.
(b) They need to stay and question more spirits.
(c) They need to leave the cattle of the sun unharmed when they land on his island.
(d) They need to sacrifice one of sun's cattle to appease Poseidon.

2. Why, despite taking an oath, does Odysseus' crew slay some cattle of the Sun?
(a) They don't care about the warning Odysseus issued.
(b) Eurylochus says that Odysseus is keeping the cattle for himself.
(c) They're bored.
(d) They've run out of food.

3. How does Athene disguise Odysseus on Ithaca?
(a) She makes him change his clothes and wear a mask.
(b) She makes him look old and dresses him in smelly rags.
(c) She just changes his eyes and hair.
(d) She makes him look like Telemachus, since Telemachus in still in Sparta.

4. What does Poseidon call to disrupt Odysseus' easy passage to Phaecia?
(a) The Kraken.
(b) The Hurricanes.
(c) Tsunami-like waves.
(d) The four winds.

5. With whom was Eumaeus raised?
(a) Ctimene.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Laertes.
(d) Telemachus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have the suitors been coming to Odysseus' home?

2. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?

3. Helen and Menelaus tell tales of Odysseus' exploits in Troy. What story does Menelaus tell?

4. Where is Telemachus supposed to put all the fighting gear that lies about Odysseus' hall?

5. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

(see the answer key)

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