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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a result of the meeting of the assembly in Book 2, what do the suitors decide to do?
(a) It's time to give something back to Telemachus and his estate.
(b) Continue behaving as they have been.
(c) To court other women, too.
(d) It's time to go home.

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

3. Why was Menelaus late returning from Troy?
(a) They endured rough seas and wind.
(b) They were pirating.
(c) His pilot died.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

4. In Book 1, who seeks to punish Odysseus interminably?
(a) Athene.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermes.

5. Why does Athena speak to Nausicaa in her dreams?
(a) She wants Nausicaa to discover Odysseus.
(b) She wants others to know that Nausicaa has a connection with the immortals.
(c) She wants to tell Nausicaa that she hasn't been a good daughter or sister since she hasn't washed the clothes.
(d) She wants Nausicaa to prepare for her upcoming marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. During this assembly, who does Antinous blame for Telemachus' problem?

2. In which contest in Book 8 does Odysseus first outstrip all others?

3. By what type of people did the Phaecians once live?

4. Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the poem?

5. What color yarn does Nausicaa's mother spin?

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