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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the people who live in the village in Section 2?
(a) The Harmonians.
(b) The Tartarans.
(c) The Cyclopses.
(d) The Circonians.

2. How many Greeks from each ship are killed when the villagers in Section 2 are attacking?
(a) Ten.
(b) None.
(c) Six.
(d) Thirteen.

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

4. How does Morpheus interfere with the Hellenes' dreams?
(a) Morpheus turns their nightmares to sweet dreams.
(b) Morpheus turns their sweet dreams into nightmares.
(c) Morpheus makes their dreams never ending.
(d) Morpheus appears in their dreams to give them information.

5. What fruit does Eris bring with her to the wedding she attends uninvited?
(a) An apple.
(b) A passion fruit.
(c) A lemon.
(d) A pear.

6. Into what animal does Circe say she would turn Ulysses?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A fox.
(c) A stag.
(d) A tiger.

7. Who offers himself as a sacrifice to appease the Gods in Section 2?
(a) Perimedes.
(b) Eurylochus.
(c) Elpenor.
(d) Ulysses.

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

9. In Section 3, what does Ulysses carry to his ship even though he is tired?
(a) Golden treasure.
(b) His men.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Barrels of wine.

10. How many ships are destroyed by the giants?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

11. Who is named the judge of Eris's contest amongst the Goddesses?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Midas.

12. What place is described as the land where Morpheus plays?
(a) Thrinacia.
(b) Persia.
(c) Libya.
(d) Olympus.

13. How is the foliage of the tree Ulysses climbs described?
(a) As lush.
(b) As bright.
(c) As soft.
(d) As hairy.

14. What is the wall that the Hellenes encounter made of?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Stone.

15. Who defeats Troy in an invasion?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Olympians.
(d) The Homerics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aeolus?

2. Who bribes Paris by promising him any woman he desires?

3. What does Aeolus send to set Ulysses' ships off course?

4. What is referred to as "a little death" by Hypnos?

5. What kind of flower does Morpheus convince Persephone to make?

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