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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Floating with the aid of Ino and safe from Poseidon in Book 5, how does Odysseus make it to dry land when he first sees it?
(a) He swims until he finds a river.
(b) He swims until he finds a boat.
(c) He swims until he finds a harbor.
(d) He swims until he finds a beach.

2. How does the Cyclops in Book 9 show hospitality?
(a) He dashes two men's brains out and eats them.
(b) He offers them food and wine.
(c) He gives them the stranger's gift.
(d) He offers them food, wine, and a place to sleep.

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

4. Having left Ogygia and survived Poseidon's attack, what is Odysseus' new problem, now that he spots land?
(a) There is no safe harbor.
(b) The sea is deep as it ends abruptly on the steep bluff.
(c) The coast is a bluff and jagged reefs.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reads the sign given while Telemachus calls upon Zeus in Book 2?

2. What does Ino give Odysseus to save his life when he loses his raft to Poseidon?

3. In Book 11, who is first to visit Odysseus from the dead?

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

5. Why doesn't the other Cyclops help Polyphemus in Book 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Odysseus tells his men about the Sirens. Why doesn't he share Circe's information and advice about Scylla and Charybdis?

2. Which men support Telemachus at the assembly in Book 2? Why do they support him, and how are they treated by the others?

3. What relationship do the Phaecians have with the gods?

4. Describe Eurylochus' actions in Book 12. What kind of man is he?

5. How does Calypso feel about releasing Odysseus?

6. What are the suitors' fears now that Telemachus has escaped their plot in Book 16?

7. In what ways was Odysseus' naming prophetic?

8. What does Nestor tell Telemachus of Odysseus during Telemachus' visit in Book 3?

9. Why does Circe help Odysseus in Book 10?

10. In Book 17, what more is discovered about Antinous through his actions towards the beggars?

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