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

2. Where do the Hellenes attempt to sail directly to following Ulysses' order?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Troy.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Crete.

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

4. What does Ulysses know he will encounter by heading toward Thrinacia?
(a) Geographical obstacles.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Mermaids.

5. What does the physical appearance of the Sirens cause Ulysses' men to do?
(a) Row toward the coast.
(b) Row faster.
(c) Stop rowing.
(d) Row slower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rocks in Section 9 prevent Ulysses and his crew from doing?

2. Who is Teiresias?

3. What is special about Ino's veil?

4. What was Charybdis before she angered Zeus?

5. What does Elpenor instruct Ulysses to avoid so that he does not lose his entire crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does the sky have on Ulysses in Section 9?

2. What does Ulysses learn from a crow of his wife, Penelope, back in Ithaca?

3. What is said to have happened to Nausicaa after Ulysses' departure?

4. How does Ulysses trap food while he is adrift on the raft in Section 11?

5. How does Eurylochus convince the crew to eat the sun-cattle?

6. Who is Ino? What is her motivation for helping Ulysses?

7. What effect does the physical appearance of the Sirens have on Ulysses' men?

8. Who was Charybdis before she is turned into a monster?

9. How does Princess Nausicaa get Ulysses to reveal his identity?

10. How does Athene intervene in Ulysses' journey once he has reached Phaeacia?

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