Odyssey book 15

Who advises Telemachus to leave Sparta?

• Athena
• Peisistratus
• Menelaus
• Helen

What does Menelaus do before Telemachus leaves?

• Tries to convince him to marry his daughter Hermione
• Gives him four white horses
• A cloak woven by Helen to give to his future bride
• Gives him a cup and a bowl

What omen does Telemachus see before he departs from Sparta?

• A hawk plucking the feathers from a dove it holds in its talons
• An eagle snatches a white goose from the yard
• An eagle drops a tame white goose in front of the chariot
• A goose flaps its wings as a a hawk tries to seize it

Whom does Telemachus meet before departing Pylos?

• Theoclymenus the bard
• Teiresias the bard
• Theoclymenus the prophet
• Teiresias the prophet

Whose plan is it for Odysseus to go to the palace?

• Telemachus'
• Eumaeus'
• Odysseus'
• Athena's

Who looked after Eumaeus when he was younger?

• Odysseus' aunt
• Odysseus' sister
• Odysseus' wife
• Odysseus' mother

How did Eumaeus' come to be in Ithaca?

• He killed a man and was fleeing
• Taphian pirates kidnapped him and he escaped
• Phoenician pirates kidnapped him and sold him to Laertes
• His parents sold him into slavery to pay off their debts

Who betrayed Eumaeus?

• A messenger
• A Phoenician slave-woman
• A Taphian slave-woman
• His own mother

What omen do Telemachus and Theoclymenus see?

• A hawk plucking the feathers from a dove it holds in its talons
• An eagle snatches a white goose from the yard
• An eagle drops a tame white goose in front of the chariot
• A goose flaps its wings as a a hawk tries to seize it

Where does Telemachus go at the end of book 15?

• The palace
• Philoetius' hut
• The cave where Odysseus' hid his treasure
• Eumaeus' hut