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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is Odysseus' hometown?
Sparta
Ithaca
Ismarus
Thrinacia
- 2. Multiple Choice
What war did Odysseus leave home to fight?
Ismarus War
Ithaca War
Trojan War
Spartan War
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Acheans raid the city, so the Cicones____________
start a riot in the town
are sacrificing the Acheans for blood rituals
fight the Archeans in return
hide in a horse and attack the men while they sleep
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was Odysseus' first stop following the war? (They defeated the Greeks in battle.)
Ismarus/Ciccones
Land of the Lotus-Eaters
Circe's Island
The Phaecians
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the cave of the Cyclops, Odysseus first tell Polyphemus his name was "Nohb'dy". The audience can infer Odysseus to be_____________?
courageous
cunning
honesty
egotistic
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did Odysseus and his men escape from Polyphemus' cave?
disguise themselves as cows
call for Athena to aid in their rescue
hang underneath sheep
get the cyclops drunk and waited till he passed out
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Cyclops is the son of ____________, who is the God of the sea...
Zeus
Hermes
Apollo
Poseidon
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOdysseus _______, which resulted in the Cyclops placing a curse on Odysseus.revealed his true namestole his favorite ramate his cattlesaid he hated the gods
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Cyclops was injured by Odysseus and his men by ___________
a sword through the eye
a spear through the eye
a sword in the heart
a severe fire
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat invaluable gift does Aeolus give Odysseus?A bag of windsA mapA swordA ram to sacrifice
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who were cannibals who destroy all but one of Odysseus' ships and kills the vast majority of his men?
Scylla
Circe
Laestrygonians
Helios
- 12. Multiple Choice
Circe, a powerful witch, turns Odysseus' men into...
goats
swine
monkeys
bunnies
- 13. Multiple Choice
Circe does assist Odysseus by...
telling him to seek out Tiresias in the Underworld
informs him to avoid eating the Lotus flowers
killing Polyphemus
providing him with a bag of wind
- 14. Multiple Choice
Odysseus and his men stay with a nymph ____________ for seven years.
Circe
Calypso
Siren
Scylla
- 15. Multiple Choice
Odysseus meets Tiresias and who else in the Underworld?
Odysseus' childhood friend, Charybdis and his mother, Anticleia
a fallen soldier, Elpenor and his mother, Anticleia
a blind prophet, Alcinous and his friend, Helios
his father, Laertes and his mother Anticleia
- 16. Multiple Choice
The leaders of the suitors are...(One is the strongest and cruelest of the men who Odysseus kills first out of the suitors. The other begs Odysseus for forgiveness.)
Antinous & Eurymachus
Polites & Elpenor
Eurylochus & Anticlea
Eurybates & Hades
- 17. Multiple Choice
_______:These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and lure men to their deaths.
The Lotus-Eaters
The Sirens
The Six-headed Syclla
Calypso's singers
- 18. Multiple Choice
This product stopped Odysseus' men from hearing a song that would cause them to crash or abandon their will to go home.
QTips
Clay
Mud
Beeswax
- 19. Multiple Choice
Scylla was a ______, and Charybdis was a _____
a demon, extreme whirlpool
a one-eyed monster; a six headed beast
a cannibalistic tribe; the sun God
a 6-headed monster; vicious whirlpool
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a description of an epic?
a long narrative poem
incorporates heroic deeds
the hero often has superhuman qualities
typically written by Homer, a blind poet
- 21. Multiple Choice_____ sent the final lightening bolt the killed the remainder of Odysseus' men.ZeusApolloPoseidonHades
- 22. Multiple Choice
Odysseus' loyal and cunning wife, Penelope, fools the suitors by weaving a _____ and unweaving it every night.
Scarf
Sweater
Cloak
A baby blanket
- 23. Multiple Choice
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, strategy, and warfare, disguises Odysseus as a _______.
Frail sailor
Old beggar
Strong suitor
Elderly man
- 24. Multiple Choice
To win Penelope's hand, the suitors must string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through...
16 apples
9 of her most valued rings
5 cow hearts
12 ax rings
- 25. Multiple Choice
Odysseus let _____ of the suitors live.
Antinous
Eurymachus
None
One
- 26. Multiple Choice
Odysseus' ship and entire crew are destroyed by __________ because they destroyed the precious cattle; kline, of _______________.
Zeus, Helios
Poseidon, Zeus
Poseidon, Telemachus
Helios, Zeus
- 27. Multiple Choice
Odysseus, being strong willed, does not eat the Lotus Flower, but his crew does. The men ____________.
become hypnotized by visions
lose hope about finding home
fight monstrous beasts to escape
lose their desire to return home
- 28. Multiple Choice
What does NOT best describe Odysseus?
determined
adventurous
courageous
slow-witted
extreme confidence/arrogant
- 29. Multiple Choice
The story opens with ___________
Odysseus traveling to visit Hades
King Alcinous of the Phaeacians demanding Odysseus to tell his tale
Telemachus being kissed by Odysseus as he departs for Troy
Odysseus on Ithaca being held by Calypso for 7 years after surviving a battle with Poseidon
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a theme in the Odyssey?
Life's journey is filled with obstacles.
Looks can be deceiving; be careful who you trust
People you love will not always be faithful
Divine intervention can be positive and negative. Be careful what you do.
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