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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Odysseus the bow that Penelope is using in her contest for the suitors?
(a) Orsilochus.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Iphitus.
(d) Eurytus.

2. What time of day do Odysseus and the Phaecians set sail in Book 13?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) It doesn't say.
(d) Dusk.

3. What is the name Odysseus the beggar gives as his own in Book 19?
(a) Deucalion.
(b) Idomeneus.
(c) Iphitus.
(d) Aethon.

4. What does Eupeithes seek at the assembly after the lords learn of the slaughter of the suitors?
(a) He wants revenge against Odysseus for his son, and the others lost to Odysseus.
(b) He wants the queen to be killed.
(c) He wants Odysseus to go into exile.
(d) He wants recompense for his son from Odysseus.

5. Where is Odysseus going in the morning in Book 23, the day after the battle with the suitors?
(a) To the farm.
(b) To complete is quest to make peace with Poseidon.
(c) To his cave for his treasures.
(d) To the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interprets the sign of the eagle and the goose as Telemachus and Peisistratus are leaving Lacedaemon?

2. How does Telemachus react to his mother's contest in Book 21?

3. As Odysseus tells Eumaeus his story in Book 14, how does he say he earns a living and makes a name for himself?

4. How does Penelope initially react to Eurycleia's news about Odysseus and the suitors?

5. In Book 24, who tells the assembly that an immortal aided Odysseus?

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