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 In "The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey", the donkey's miscalculation
illustrates which of the following sayings?
 "I would be sitting pretty, but for my curiosity"
 What is the moral of "The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife"?
 If a woman is defiant and overly demanding, beat her into submission
 In "The Story of the Merchant and the Demon", why is the first man traveling
with a deer?
 The deer is the man's wife, cursed by her daughter-in-law for transforming
her stepson into a bull
 What lesson is learned in the tale told by the man traveling with two dogs?
 Be kind to those who hurt you
 How does the merchant in "The Story of the Merchant and the Demon", who
accidentally killed the demon's son, escape death one year after he pledges
to return?
 Three men offer stories to the demon in exchange for a portion of the man's
guilt, and the demon is obligated to release him from his punishment
 Why is Odysseus the only living Greek soldier who still has not returned from
home after the Trojan War at the start of the epic?
 Calypso has imprisoned Odysseus in her cave

 Why is Zeus reluctant to assist Odysseus during his journey home to Ithaca?
 Zeus refuses to infere in the events if mortals' lives
 What does Telemachus believe has happened to his father, Odysseus, at the
beginning of the poem?
 He has died on the battlefield
 What problem besets Penelope during her husband's absence after the
conclusion of the Trojan War?

,  She must resist the advances of suitors who wish to marry her
 Which goddess pleads with Zeus to free Odysseus from his imprisonment and
allow him home to Ithaca?
 Athena
 Which god or goddess delivers a message from Zeus to Calypso?
 Hermes
 Odysseus tells Calypso would prefer to stay with her on the island of Ogygia
because he has fallen in love with her and he thinks his wife Penelope has
given up on waiting for his return, T or F?
 False
 Why does Calypso free Odysseus?
 She is ordered to free Odysseus by Zeus
 With tools provided by Calypso, Odysseus builds the boat he uses to begin
his voyage toward Ithaca, T or F?
 True
 After ending terrible storms that smash his raft and threaten to kill him,
Odysseus...
 Clings to a piece of the shattered raft until the storms subside and he can
swim to the shoe of an island
 Which of the following threats did the Lotus-Eaters pose for Odysseus and his
men?
 They shared with the men an addictive fruit that destroyed their will to
return home
 Who is Polyphemus's father?
 Poseidon
 How does Odysseus escape from Polyphemus, the Cyclops?
 He and his men build Polyphemus after getting him drunk
 Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus' cave by clinging to the underside
of the sheep that the giant herds out of the cave, T or F?
 True
 As he escapes from the Cyclops, Odysseus taunts and tells him his real name,
T or F?

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