The Exam Part I: Multiple Choice (content questions) Part II: Who Said It? (Match the quotes to the characters) Part III: Characterization and Theme: (Match to corresponding thematic ideas or characterization) Part IV: Archetypes (multiple choice) Part V: New reading passage (with multiple choice questions)
Odyssey Review Flyswatter Edition
Okay, here are my rules: You get one slap – let’s not get slap happy You can only slap when I say – “1, 2, 3, GO!” so that everyone can hear me read the entire question If you slap early, you don’t get the point If I hear someone from the audience yell the answer, no one gets the point If it is a tie, you get to go again EVERYONE has to participate
When the poet starts telling an epic and he asks for assistance in telling the story from the Muse of poetry. Exposition Homeric Simile Invocation Quest structure
How were epic poems originally told? Oral story telling Theatrical Productions
When Odysseus’ men ate the cattle of the son god, they gave into… curiosity hunger
How did Odysseus react when told to travel to the underworld? Excited (I’m going on an adventure!) Terrified (no mortal made it out alive)
What could have possibly mistaken for the monster known as “Scylla?” A giant octopus A giant squid
What did Helios say he would do when he threw a temper tantrum after realizing his cows were eaten? Stop rising with the sun in the morning Steal a lightning bolt from Zeus to kill the crew
Odysseus decides to spare some of the suitors True False
Where is Odysseus from? Ithaca Troy
The song of what creature entrances men? Scyllas Sirens
Odysseus was frequently arrogant. This characteristic refers to his… Hubris Ego
For how long was Odysseus gone before he returned to Ithaca? About 10 years About 20 years
How did Antinous act towards beggar? Kind Cowardly Cruel Pleasant
The test that Penelope sets for the suitors is a test of what? Courage Cleverness Love Physical Strength
What is the deal with the master bed? It cannot be moved It is sacred and blessed by the gods
Which literary device is in these lines “When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose touched the world…” Metaphor Personificati on
Which is an epithet that describes Athena? Winged messenger Grey-eyed goddess
The “summoner of cloud” is an epithet fit for… Poseidon Odysseus Zeus Demeter
“Squirming like puppies” and “crunching like a mountain lion” are examples of what literary device? Epic similes Similes Epithets Characteriza tion
Who was the crew member who wanted to eat the cattle, despite the orders of Odysseus? Eurylochus Elpanor
Who was the crew member who became drunk and fell to his death at Circe’s palace? Polites Elpanor
Who is the son of Odysseus? Eumaeus Telemachus
Hermes and Athena fit best into which character archetype? The observers The heroes The helpers The underdogs
The Odyssey fits which plot- pattern archetype? The quest to know who you are The quest to find the promised land
Elpenor best fits which archetype? The trickster The fool
An example of the “damsel in distress” from the Odyssey is… Penelope Circe Calypso Antinous
How did Odysseus act around the Lotus flower? He was compelled by the effects of the fruit He was weary and did not eat the fruit
How did the cave of Polyphemus appear? Well- organized and stocked Messy and disorganized
How did Odysseus prevent his crew from being compelled by the sirens? He tied them all to the ship He plugged their ears with wax
Odysseus chose not to tell his crew about which creature? Charybdis The sirens Scylla Helios
When Telemachus meets his father for the first time, he thinks Odysseus is actually… A liar A god
Who said it? “Peace, Helios: sin on among the gods, shine over mortals in the fields of grain. Let me throw down one white-hot bolt, and make splinters of their ship in the windark sea.” Athena Zeus
Who said it? “Dear father! Tell me what kind of vessel put you here ashore on Ithaca? Your sailors, who were they? I doubt you made it, walking on the sea!” Polyphemus Telemachus
Who said it? “Son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master of the land and sea ways, dissemble to your son no longer now. The time has come: tell him how you together will bring doom on the suitors in the town. I shall not be far distant then, for I myself desire battle.” Athena Hermes
Who said it? “Comrades, he said, you’ve gone through everything; listen to what I say. All deaths are hateful to us, mortal wretches, but famine is the pitiful, the worst end that a man can come to.” Odysseus Eurylocus