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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat message has Hermes come to Calypso's Island (Ogygia) to deliver?Odysseus is banished to HadesCalypso is to free OdysseusPenelope has remained faithful to OdysseusHelios will sink Calypso's island if he doesn't get his cattle back
- 2. Multiple Choice
What offer does Calypso make Odysseus to try and get him to stay with her?
Ambrosia
Freedom
Immortality
Revenge
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the great warrior, Odysseus, doing when we first meet him?Crying, longing for homeHunting on Calypso's wooded islandWeaving a tapestryPlotting revenge
- 4. Multiple ChoiceCalypso, once representing a challenge for Odysseus on his Hero's Journey, now represents his helper when she:Weaves him a tapestry to take back to IthacaOffers him Ambrosia and honeyPromises him a raft and supplies to help him return to IthacaRefuses to allow him to leave her island
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat happens to Odysseus after he leaves Calypso's island?He sails his new raft directly to Scheria.He sails home to Ithaca.He is captured at sea by the Phaeacians.His raft is destroyed by a storm Poseidon sends
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does Odysseus show that he is clever when he evades (works around) Calypso's questions about why he still loves Penelope in Book 5?
By acknowledging that Calypso is more beautiful than Penelope
By comparing Penelope to other mortals and focusing on the concept of "home."
By being brutally honest that Penelope is more beautiful than Calypso ever could be
By avoiding answering the question entirely and focusing on the raft
- 7. Multiple Choice
As we learned in podcast episode 7, Calypso is upset (salty) at Zeus' order because...
They banish her to the Underworld
They sent Odysseus to her island
They have double standards
They treat her like garbage
- 8. Multiple Choice
According to podcast episode 7 and discussions in class, Book 1 and Book 5 happen...
with Book 5 happening BEFORE Book 1
with Book 5 happening AFTER Book 1
with Book 1 and Book 5 happening, mostly, at the same time
with Book 5 happening 7 years after Book 1
- 9. Multiple Choice
Calypso calls Odysseus "Oh forlorn man," how does this characterize (describe) Odysseus?
He is happy to be with her and wants to live there forever
He is sad to leave her behind
He is desolate and miserable because he misses home
He is angry at her
- 10. Multiple Choice
In the podcast episode for this book, we pointed out that even if Calypso did not force Odysseus to stay, leaving the island would be difficult... why could he not leave?
Poseidon the god of the sea would try and hurt him
Zeus the god of the sky would send him back
Athena the goddess of war strategy wanted him to be with Calypso
Odysseus the great warrior wants to stay and be immortal
- 11. Multiple Choice
Book 5 says each night Calypso "compelled" Odysseus to stay with her. What does "compelled" mean?
pleaded
asked
forced
bribed
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