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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eumaeus describe the suitors actions?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Immature.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Lawless.

2. What does Nestor tell Telemachus about his relationship with Odysseus?
(a) They never agreed at council during the war.
(b) They never fought side by side during the war.
(c) They never spoke those nine years at war.
(d) They never differed at council during the war.

3. Which of his six remaining sons does Nestor send with Telemachus in Book 3?
(a) Arteus.
(b) Thrasymedes.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Peisistratus.

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

5. 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 warms it.
(b) She adds herbs to sweeten it.
(c) She adds a drug.
(d) She pours it for the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 7, why does Athena cloak Odysseus in clouds on his walk to the palace?

2. According to Book 13, what else does Alcinous decide to give Odysseus once his tale is over?

3. According to Nestor, who wanted the Achaeans to suffer on the way home from Troy?

4. In Book 5, who orders Odysseus' release from Calypso?

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

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