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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ulysses' men want to do when they spot a small village on an island in Section 2?
(a) Ask the villagers to feed them.
(b) Steal the village's livestock.
(c) Attack the village.
(d) Settle at the village.

2. What does Ulysses dream about in Section 5?
(a) Athene, who warns him of danger.
(b) His wife and son.
(c) The Trojan war.
(d) The Elysian Fields.

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

4. What does the god Ulysses meets give him in order to resist Circe's spell?
(a) A potion.
(b) A powder.
(c) An amulet.
(d) A flower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Ulysses guard the bag of winds without sleeping?

2. How many ships does Ulysses bring the shore of the island in Section 6?

3. What does the flower Persephone makes cause people to do?

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

5. Whom does Aeolus dislike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which god does Ulysses meet on his way to Circe's castle? What does this god offer Ulysses?

2. What does Ulysses climb in Section 6?

3. What is attracted to the baubles thrown from Ulysses' ships in their retreat from the island? Who is angered by this?

4. What do Eurylochus and his men discover at the castle?

5. Eris is the Lady of Discord. Explain how she lives up to her title at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

6. How does Aeolus recognize Ulysses?

7. What favor does Aeolus grant Ulysses?

8. Why do the ships led by Ulysses quickly begin to run low on food?

9. Who are the Ciconians?

10. Why does Ulysses resist attacking the island village that his men spot from their ships?

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