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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Odysseus pray while in the meadow awaiting the appropriate time to arrive at the palace in Book 6?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athene.

3. Where did Nestor last see Odysseus?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Psyria.
(c) Tendos.
(d) Troy.

4. What is happening in Lacedaemon when Telemachus arrives?
(a) Menelaus is celebrating the marriage of his daughter.
(b) Menelaus and his household are holding a feast in honor of the gods.
(c) Menelaus is holding a funeral rite for his brother.
(d) Menelaus is celebrating a double marriage.

5. In Book 5, who orders Odysseus' release from Calypso?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Athene.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Penelope test the truth of Odysseus the beggar's story regarding Odysseus?

2. How do the suitors view the fight between the two beggars in Book 18?

3. What announcement does Telemachus make to the suitors of his hall in Book 1?

4. Telemachus is overrun with ________, who sponge off of him and his estate, making no amends.

5. What is special about the cattle and flocks of the Sun?

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