Ithaca Quiz

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1. What mountain does Odysseus describe as rising above Ithaca in the Odyssey?

   1. Mount Olympus
   2. Mount Neriton
   3. Mount Ida
   4. Mount Parnassus
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   Answer: Mount Neriton

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2. What trick did Penelope use to delay the suitors for years?

   1. Hiding Odysseus' bow in the palace
   2. Claiming an oracle forbade remarriage
   3. Pretending to be ill and bedridden
   4. Weaving and unweaving Laertes' shroud
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   Answer: Weaving and unweaving Laertes' shroud

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3. How did Odysseus try to avoid joining the Trojan War?

   1. He claimed a religious oath prevented him
   2. He feigned a mortal wound
   3. He hid on the island of Ithaca
   4. He pretended to be mad
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   Answer: He pretended to be mad

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4. Who exposed Odysseus' feigned madness by placing Telemachus in danger?

   1. Nestor
   2. Agamemnon
   3. Diomedes
   4. Palamedes
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   Answer: Palamedes

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5. What was the first place Odysseus went to upon arriving in Ithaca?

   1. The palace of Odysseus
   2. The hut of Eumaeus
   3. The temple of Athena
   4. The home of Laertes
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   Answer: The hut of Eumaeus

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6. What was built around a living olive tree in Odysseus and Penelope's home?

   1. The throne of Ithaca
   2. Their marriage bed
   3. The altar of Zeus
   4. The gate of the palace
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   Answer: Their marriage bed

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7. Who brought Odysseus asleep back to Ithaca after his long wandering?

   1. The Lotus-eaters
   2. The Cicones
   3. The Phaeacians
   4. The Cyclopes
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   Answer: The Phaeacians

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8. Who was the loyal swineherd who sheltered Odysseus upon his return?

   1. Melanthius
   2. Dolius
   3. Philoetius
   4. Eumaeus
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   Answer: Eumaeus

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