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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, The Wandering Rocks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is attracted to the treasures unloaded from the ships in the Greek's retreat?
(a) Mermaids.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Naiads.

2. In Section 2, who convinces Ulysses that the village is a gift from God?
(a) Perimedas.
(b) Telemachus.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Eurylochus.

3. What does Polyphemus pray will happen to Ulysses?
(a) That he will be betrayed by those he trusts.
(b) That he will wander many years before returning home.
(c) That he will be blinded.
(d) That he will die at sea.

4. How does Ulysses handicap Polyphemus?
(a) Ulysses stabs Polyphemus in the stomach.
(b) Ulysses cuts off Polyphemus' arms.
(c) Ulysses blinds Polyphemus.
(d) Ulysses binds Polyphemus' feet.

5. Which god does Ulysses meet as he travels to the castle?
(a) Athene.
(b) Nike.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Hestia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ulysses hopeful of as he and his men sail away from Tartarus?

2. What color are the skies in Section 9?

3. What island do Ulysses and his men land at in Section 5?

4. Who is Polyphemus' father?

5. What strange noise does Ulysses hear in Section 9?

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