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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Agamemnon give to Odysseus regarding women in Book 11?
(a) Always be gentle with your wife.
(b) Tell a part and let a part be hid.
(c) Send your treasures ahead of yourself after so long an absence.
(d) Hide your ship and surprise her with your return.

2. What is Nestor doing when Telemachus arrives in Pylos?
(a) He is holding a feast in honor of Hermes.
(b) He is holding a feast in honor of Poseidon.
(c) He is holding a feast in honor of Athene.
(d) He is holding a feast in honor of Zeus.

3. While making announcements after Mentes' visit in Book 1, what else does Telemachus tell the suitors of his hall?
(a) He will be King of Ithaca.
(b) They can stay as long as they like.
(c) Odysseus is dead.
(d) Odysseus is alive, and he's going to find him.

4. How long do Odysseus and his men stay with Circe in Book 10?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One season.
(d) One year.

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

6. Who speaks up in Book 7 to ask that Odysseus be given a seat in the court of Alcinous since he has come as a supplicant?
(a) Alcinous.
(b) Echeneus.
(c) Arete.
(d) Laodamas.

7. 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 sacrifice one of sun's cattle to appease Poseidon.
(d) They need to leave the cattle of the sun unharmed when they land on his island.

8. Where does Calypso find Odysseus to tell him the news of his ordered release in Book 5?
(a) He's in her grotto asleep.
(b) He's out in the forest building a hut.
(c) He's crying on the beach.
(d) He's swimming.

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

10. According to Nausicaa, to whom should Odysseus first appeal when he gets to the court in Book 6?
(a) One of the servants.
(b) Nausicaa's oldest brother.
(c) Nausicaa's father.
(d) Nausicaa's mother.

11. During this assembly, who does Antinous blame for Telemachus' problem?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) The gods.

12. 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) To court other women, too.
(c) Continue behaving as they have been.
(d) It's time to go home.

13. What is the purpose of Telemachus' quest?
(a) He has to appeal to the gods for help.
(b) He has to assemble an army of heroes.
(c) He has to find Odysseus.
(d) He is to find word or rumor about Odysseus and his fate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odysseus receive from the thirteen kings of Phaecia?

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

3. Which god(dess) visits Telemachus at the beginning of the poem?

4. What skill are Phaecian men skilled beyond others?

5. With which hero did Odysseus first speak in Hades?

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