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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who turned Scylla into a monster?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Amphitrite.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Zeus.

2. What color are the skies in Section 9?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Grey.

3. How is Ulysses warned he would find his son upon his return home?
(a) Dead.
(b) Lost at sea.
(c) Being held captive.
(d) Suffering illness.

4. What is Ulysses told that Penelope weaves every day?
(a) A cloak.
(b) A rug.
(c) A shroud.
(d) A handkerchief.

5. What insect does the monster Scylla resemble?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A centipede.
(c) A spider.
(d) A moth.

6. How old is Nausicaa?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Twenty-four years old.
(c) Sixteen years old.
(d) Ten years old.

7. What is Ulysses tricked into believing his men are eating in Section 11?
(a) Wild pig.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Cow.
(d) Stag.

8. What will Thrinacia one day be known as?
(a) Messina.
(b) Crete.
(c) Paros.
(d) Sicily.

9. How many of Ulysses' men are taken by Scylla?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

10. What bird do the Hellenes follow from their ship in Section 8?
(a) A gull.
(b) A dove.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A crow.

11. What do Nausicaa and the maidens play with at the river?
(a) Marbles.
(b) A feather.
(c) A dog.
(d) A ball.

12. How did Charybdis anger Zeus?
(a) By insulting Hera.
(b) By spurning Zeus' affections.
(c) By falling in love with a mortal.
(d) By claiming land for her father.

13. What is Thrinacia also known as?
(a) The Isle of Dawn.
(b) The Isle of Fire.
(c) The Isle of the Sun.
(d) The Isle of Dragons.

14. Where does Ulysses believe he is when he awakes in Section 12?
(a) Thrinasia.
(b) Troy.
(c) In the Elysian Fields.
(d) Ithaca.

15. What provision do Ulysses' men find in abundance on Thrinacia?
(a) Water.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athene tell Nausicaa to do in her dream?

2. From a distance, what does Ulysses see floating in the water in Section 9?

3. In Section 8, what does the sea slope and narrow to become?

4. Who does Hyperion request vengeance from?

5. Where does Ulysses swim to in Section 13?

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