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

2. What stops the Hellenes from leaving Thrinacia?
(a) A sleeping spell.
(b) Damage to their ship.
(c) Illness.
(d) A storm.

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

4. Who is Ulysses' mother?
(a) Aether.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Agave.
(d) Antileia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poseidon call up when he sees Ulysses at sea in Section 13?

2. How is Ulysses instructed to return Ino's veil to her?

3. Who does Ulysses think Nausicaa is?

4. What does Ulysses send to Ithaca in Section 12 to bring him a report about his wife and son?

5. What does Ulysses hold on to after Poseidon destroys his ship in Section 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Scylla before she is turned into a monster?

2. Why do several of his men believe Ulysses killed Elpenor intentionally?

3. How do the floating rocks lead Ulysses to fulfill Teiresias' prophesy?

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

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

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

7. What tool does Ino lend Ulysses to help him swim?

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

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

10. How does Athene help Ulysses when he is on Calypso's island?

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