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- 1. Multiple ChoiceCalypso, ruler of her own island is much like Penelope because shegrows and harvests olivesmisses her own husbandweaves at a loomtends to her fires
- 2. Multiple ChoiceCalypso allows Odysseus to leave her island becauseZeus has commanded itHermes has commanded itAthena has commanded itPenelope has commanded it
- 3. Multiple ChoicePoseidon decides to make trouble for Odysseus on the open waters after Odysseus leaves Ogygia becausehe is angry because Odysseus stabbed Poseidon's sonAthena spoke to Poseidon about the evils Odysseus has committedOdysseus dislikes PoseidonPoseidon wants Odysseus to die
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhen Odysseus washes up on shore of the Phaiacias' island, he is clothedin a scarf onlyin a leafy branchwith seaweedin women's clothing
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWho puts into the maids' minds that they should do the washing on the shore the next day?King AlcinousQueen AreteKing PriamAthena
- 6. Multiple ChoiceStrange but true: King Alcinous is Queen Arete'snephewunclegrandsonneighbor
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAthena covers Odysseus with a mist when he walks through the Phaecians becausethe people are suspicious of strangersthe people like to shake hands with famous warriorsthe people throw food at strangersit was already raining
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOdysseus weeps when he hearsabout his wife from King Alcinousa bard singingthat Telemachus is looking for hima maiden singing
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe Phaecians are best know for their ability tocraft wood and sculptwrite calligraphy and make metalthrow discus and shot-putrow and weave
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe wooden stake, its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake."
The subject of the epic simile isthe roots in Odysseus' eyethe stake in the cyclops' eyethe ax in Odysseus' handthe eyeball of the cylcops - 11. Multiple ChoiceThe wooden stake, its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake."
The subject is being compared toa hot ax in a cold baththe round eyethe roots of a treea rod of iron - 12. Multiple ChoiceThe wooden stake, its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake."
The purpose of this epic simile isto reveal the imagery of hot stake plunging into the cylcops' eyeTo make us barfTo reveal Homer's criticism of a violent Greek worldto demonstrate the Cyclop's injury and reaction to pain. - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags