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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, The Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ulysses hide his treasures upon landing in Ithaca in Section 15?
(a) Buried in a sack.
(b) Up in a tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) Under a boulder.

2. What God is angered by the defeat of Troy?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Poseidon.

3. What does the flower Persephone makes cause people to do?
(a) Fall asleep.
(b) Have nightmares.
(c) Dream.
(d) Slip into comas.

4. What does Penelope give beggar Ulysses with each story he tells her of her husband?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A glass of wine.
(c) Gold coin.
(d) A plate of food.

5. Whom does Aeolus dislike?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Polyphemus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Ulysses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Teiresias?

2. Which god tells Zeus that Poseidon's treatment of Ulysses is unjust?

3. Why can Aeolus not grant Ulysses a second favor?

4. What does Ulysses do to stop the attacking villagers from following his men?

5. How many days does Ulysses swim for in Section 13?

(see the answer key)

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