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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do the Cicones do to Odysseus' men?
Make them eat lotus plants
Welcomed the men into their homes
Attacked and killed the men
Joined them on their journey home
- 2. Multiple Choice"I am Laertes son" is an example of a(n)__________.epithetsimileepic similemetaphor
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect does eating the lotus flower have on Odysseus’ men?They forget their homeland and want to stay on the island foreverThey become focused on their mission to return to IthacaThey lose their sightThey are turned into pigs
- 4. Multiple Choice
How does Odysseus react to his men after they eat the lotus plant?
He drags them back on their boats
He punishes them
He leaves them with the lotus-eaters
He beheads them
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Cyclops is the son of...ZeusHermesApolloPoseidon
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDoes the Cyclops respect Zeus, as Odysseus does?Yes, since the Cyclops is a son of PoseidonNo, he thinks the Cyclopes have more "force" than ZeusHe doesn't say what he thinks about ZeusThe Cyclops fears Zeus and listens to Odysseus
- 7. Multiple Choice"He clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies" and "Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion" are examples ofEpic SimilesEpithetsHubrisXenia
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOdysseus first wishes to kill the sleeping Polyphemus with his sword. Why doesn’t he do so?Polyphemus almost never sleeps.Polyphemus is protected by magic.With Polyphemus dead, nobody will be able to open the cave door.
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does the boulder in front of the cave opening get moved?
Odysseus picks the boulder up
Odysseus and his men burn a hole in the boulder
Polyphemus threw the boulder away after his eye was stabbed
Polyphemus accidentally left it open
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat trick does Odysseus use so that Polyphemus won't get help from all the other Cyclopes on the island?Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is "Nohbody" so the Cyclops yells that nobody is hurting himOdysseus tells Polyphemus that the other Cyclopes have heeded Poseidon's warningOdysseus prefers not to use trickery because it seems dishonestOdysseus tricks Polyphemus into giving up his sheep and cheese
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclopes?
They tricked the cyclopes into thinking they were other cyclopes
They got away by hiding under the cyclopes's sheep
They prayed to Zeus
They gave the cyclopes a magic plant
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThat Odysseus is willing to stab Polyphemus, but remembers that doing so would prevent his and his crew's ability to escape the cave showsOdysseus is a tender-hearted guyOdysseus is a weak and timid leaderOdysseus's hubris and arroganceOdysseus is brave and intelligent
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow do Odysseus and his men finally escape the Cyclops' cave?Odysseus attaches his men to the underbelly of the sheep to escape when Polyphemus lets the sheep out of the caveOdysseus convinces Polyphemus to move the boulder away from the door for himThey dig their way out under a pile of dungThey are rescued by the other Cyclopes who hate Polyphemus
- 14. Multiple Choice
By revealing his true name to Polyphemus, Odysseus shows one of his weaknesses, which is that he's
too kind
too curious
too prideful
too selfish
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