Lotus Eaters Quiz

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1. In which book of the Odyssey do the Lotus Eaters appear?

   1. Book 9
   2. Book 10
   3. Book 12
   4. Book 5
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   Answer: Book 9

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2. What is the most widely accepted identification of the lotus in the Odyssey?

   1. The jujube
   2. The blue Egyptian water lily
   3. The opium poppy
   4. The sacred lotus
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   Answer: The jujube

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3. How many men did Odysseus send ashore to the land of the Lotus Eaters?

   1. Two
   2. Ten
   3. Three
   4. Five
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   Answer: Three

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4. The Lotus Eaters episode falls between the raid on the Cicones and the encounter with which figure?

   1. Calypso
   2. Circe
   3. The Sirens
   4. The Cyclops Polyphemus
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   Answer: The Cyclops Polyphemus

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5. Who sent the nine-day storm that blew Odysseus' fleet to the land of the Lotus Eaters?

   1. Hermes
   2. Zeus
   3. Aeolus
   4. Poseidon
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   Answer: Zeus

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6. What is the Greek name for the Lotus Eaters?

   1. Lotophagoi
   2. Phaiakes
   3. Lotodamoi
   4. Kikones
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   Answer: Lotophagoi

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7. In what year was Tennyson's poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' published?

   1. 1842
   2. 1850
   3. 1819
   4. 1832
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   Answer: 1832

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8. Which ancient writer placed the Lotus Eaters on the coast of Libya?

   1. Strabo
   2. Pausanias
   3. Hesiod
   4. Herodotus
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   Answer: Herodotus

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