1. The Odyssey: Unit Test Review 9th Grade Literature, Spring 2017
Ms. Bagley
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2. The Odyssey
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People, Places, & Monsters 1
People, Places, & Monsters 2
Events, Escapes, & Mistakes 1
Events, Escapes, & Mistakes 2
Events, Escapes, & Mistakes 3 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. He was the son who helped Odysseus rid the palace of the suitors.
Who is Telemachus?

4. This goddess disguised Odysseus to help him return home.
Who is Athena?

5. She was the faithful wife of Odysseus.
Who is Penelope?

6. This island was Odysseus’s homeland.
What is Ithaca?

7. He is a great leader, but sometimes gets too arrogant…
Who is Odysseus?

8. This creature is blinded by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?

9. This is the king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?

10. These women sing a hypnotizing song that lures sailors.
Who are the Sirens?

11. This creature was a monster of gray rock with six arms.
What is Scylla?

12. This creature was basically a giant, boiling whirlpool.
What is Charybdis?

13. Polyphemus’ friends do not think anything is wrong because Odysseus gave this fake name.
What is Nohbdy?

14. Odysseus uses this to block the ears of his crew so they can escape the sirens.
What is wax?

15. What is “the lesser of two evils”?
Sailing by Scylla instead of Charybdis teaches us that sometimes you have to choose this.
What is “the lesser of two evils”?

16. Odysseus cannot kill Polyphemus in his sleep, because the cyclops is the only one who can do this.
What is open the door?

17. The remaining suitors offer Odysseus wine, meat, oxen and gold in exchange for their lives after Odysseus kills this person.
Who is Antinous?

18. The Odyssey is considered a work of this type of literature.
What is an epic poem?

19. The men who eat the lotus flower lose all memory of this place.
What is home?

20. What is eat/touch the Cattle of the Sun God?
Tiresias warns Odysseus that he and men should ABSOLUTELY NOT do this.
What is eat/touch the Cattle of the Sun God?

21. Scylla bites the heads off of and kills this many of Odysseus’ men.
What is six?

22. What are the cattle of the sun god?
Odysseus’ crew decide they would rather risk death by eating these than slowly starve to death.
What are the cattle of the sun god?

23. Odysseus finally returns home after this amount of time.
What is 20 (twenty) years?

24. Athena disguises Odysseus as this when he goes to the suitors.
What is an old beggar?

25. Penelope challenges the suitors to string and shoot this weapon.
What is Odysseus’ bow?

26. This individual was the first to recognize Odysseus after he returns home.
Who is Argus?

27. The “secret” between Odysseus and Penelope is that part of their bed is made of this.
What is a tree?

28. Final Jeopardy Instructions
Your response for Final Jeopardy will contain multiple (short) pieces of information. You must have ALL parts included in your answer in order for it to be considered correct.
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29. I have my answer! Let’s see if it is correct.
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These are the steps taken by Odysseus in order to escape the cave of the cyclops Polyphemus.
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30. Click Here When Finished
These are the steps taken by Odysseus in order to escape the cave of the cyclops Polyphemus.
What are: (1) get the cyclops drunk on wine that came from one of the gods, (2) blind the cyclops with a sharp stick, and (3) hide underneath the cyclops’s sheep so that he cannot feel for Odysseus and his men.
You must have all 3 parts!
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