1. The Odyssey
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2. What is the relationship between Odysseus and the gods?
The gods are protecting him.
The gods are ignoring him.
The gods are testing him.
The gods think he is wonderful.

3. What is the relationship between Odysseus and the gods?
The gods are protecting him.
The gods are ignoring him.
The gods are testing him.
The gods think he is wonderful.

4. Which of the following does Odysseus value the most?
Wealth
Fighting in wars
His homeland
Foreign lands

5. Which of the following does Odysseus value the most?
Wealth
Fighting in wars
His homeland
Foreign lands

6. What modern thing is the Lotus most like?
A medicine
An addictive drug
A sunflower
A delicious food

7. What modern thing is the Lotus most like?
A medicine
An addictive drug
A sunflower
A delicious food

8. What effect did Odysseus fear that the Lotus would have on his crew?
It would make them sleepy.
It would make them fight with each other.
It would make them lose the will to get back home.
It would kill them.

9. What effect did Odysseus fear that the Lotus would have on his crew?
It would make them sleepy.
It would make them fight with each other.
It would make them lose the will to get back home.
It would kill them.

10. Which word does NOT describe the Cyclops?
Giant
Sheepherder
Savage
Intelligent

11. Which word does NOT describe the Cyclops?
Giant
Sheepherder
Savage
Intelligent

12. Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s ears with wax when they sailed past the Sirens?
He wanted to be the only one to hear their exotic song.
He did not want his crew to know anything about the Sirens.
He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize his crew and send them to their doom.
He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did not enjoy any type of music.

13. Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s ears with wax when they sailed past the Sirens?
He wanted to be the only one to hear their exotic song.
He did not want his crew to know anything about the Sirens.
He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize his crew and send them to their doom.
He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did not enjoy any type of music.

14. How did Circe help Oydsseus?
She planned his future course in detail.
She promised to protect him from all danger.
She told him about the dangers he would face.
She gave him a gold locket that would protect him from future dangers.

15. How did Circe help Oydsseus?
She planned his future course in detail.
She promised to protect him from all danger.
She told him about the dangers he would face.
She gave him a gold locket that would protect him from future dangers.

16. Which two characters pose the same kind of danger to Odysseus and his men?
Circe & the Cyclops
The Sirens & the Cyclops
The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters
Circe & the Lotus Eaters

17. Which two characters pose the same kind of danger to Odysseus and his men?
Circe & the Cyclops
The Sirens & the Cyclops
The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters
Circe & the Lotus Eaters

18. How are the Cyclops and Scylla alike?
They enchant their victims.
They each have more than one head.
They eat their victims.
They live in the ocean.

19. How are the Cyclops and Scylla alike?
They enchant their victims.
They each have more than one head.
They eat their victims.
They live in the ocean.

20. Which is NOT a conflict that Odysseus faces in the poem?
Whether or not to go home
When and if to put his crew in danger
Whether or not to love Circe
Whether or not to quit as a leader

21. Which is NOT a conflict that Odysseus faces in the poem?
Whether or not to go home
When and if to put his crew in danger
Whether or not to love Circe
Whether or not to quit as a leader

22. Why did Odysseus have to trick the blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?
Odysseus was tied up.
A huge rock was blocking the entrance to the cave.
Odysseus was drugged.
Another Cyclops was guarding the entrance to the cave.

23. Why did Odysseus have to trick the blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?
Odysseus was tied up.
A huge rock was blocking the entrance to the cave.
Odysseus was drugged.
Another Cyclops was guarding the entrance to the cave.

24. What caused Odysseus to finally leave Circe’s palace?
Odysseus’s men asked him to continue his journey home.
Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her promise to him.
Circe’s magic wore off.
Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.

25. What caused Odysseus to finally leave Circe’s palace?
Odysseus’s men asked him to continue his journey home.
Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her promise to him.
Circe’s magic wore off.
Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.

26. Which statement best expresses the theme of the Odyssey?
Those who are strong need follow no laws except the dictates of their own desires.
A person must show courage and cleverness to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid the dangers of a hostile world.
A person has no control over what happens in life; fate rules over all events.

27. Which statement best expresses the theme of the Odyssey?
Those who are strong need follow no laws except the dictates of their own desires.
A person must show courage and cleverness to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid the dangers of a hostile world.
A person has no control over what happens in life; fate rules over all events.

28. The main pattern of the Odyssey can be seen as one of
Birth, death, and rebirth
Conflict and loss
Going forth and coming home
Fate versus free will

29. The main pattern of the Odyssey can be seen as one of
Birth, death, and rebirth
Conflict and loss
Going forth and coming home
Fate versus free will

30. The climax of the Odyssey is the episode in which
Odysseus and Penelope embrace
Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition
Odysseus alone escapes when all of his men drown
Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he is his father.

31. The climax of the Odyssey is the episode in which
Odysseus and Penelope embrace
Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition
Odysseus alone escapes when all of his men drown
Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he is his father.

32. Odysseus wanders for ten years before he returns home because
His wife has remarried
He wishes to be free
He gets lost
The gods prevented him from reaching home

33. Odysseus wanders for ten years before he returns home because
His wife has remarried
He wishes to be free
He gets lost
The gods prevented him from reaching home

34. In both Iliad and the Odyssey
Courage and cunning are valued
All of the action is set in Troy
The mood is warlike and cruel
The plot concerns a hero who longs to return to his home

35. In both Iliad and the Odyssey
Courage and cunning are valued
All of the action is set in Troy
The mood is warlike and cruel
The plot concerns a hero who longs to return to his home

36. An epic poem usually begins with
A prophecy of doom
An invocation to the muse
A rhyming couplet
Praise of the hero

37. An epic poem usually begins with
A prophecy of doom
An invocation to the muse
A rhyming couplet
Praise of the hero

38. Unlike the hero of most novels and short stories, an epic hero
Triumphs over dangers and conflicts
Shows great courage, cunning, and no character flaws
Embodies the values of a particular culture
Shows physical strength but not much moral strength

39. Unlike the hero of most novels and short stories, an epic hero
Triumphs over dangers and conflicts
Shows great courage, cunning, and no character flaws
Embodies the values of a particular culture
Shows physical strength but not much moral strength

40. The Odyssey is based on
Stories that had been told orally for many generations
Stories collected by Greek philosophers to teach Greek values
Actual, historical records found by Greek minstrels
Events, characters, and plot that Homer created from imagination

41. The Odyssey is based on
Stories that had been told orally for many generations
Stories collected by Greek philosophers to teach Greek values
Actual, historical records found by Greek minstrels
Events, characters, and plot that Homer created from imagination

42. Homer is believed to have been a(n)
Illiterate musician
Soldier of the Trojan army
Greek philosopher
Blind minstrel

43. Homer is believed to have been a(n)
Illiterate musician
Soldier of the Trojan army
Greek philosopher
Blind minstrel

44. Which of the following can be classified as an epic?
A short narrative poem about a national hero or historic event
A long narrative poem about the adventures of a national hero
A short narrative poem that tells a tragic story
A long humorous poem that tells a familiar story or legend

45. Which of the following can be classified as an epic?
A short narrative poem about a national hero or historic event
A long narrative poem about the adventures of a national hero
A short narrative poem that tells a tragic story
A long humorous poem that tells a familiar story or legend

46. An epic is different from most narrative poems because an epic
Tells a story
Uses figurative language
Uses rhyme and rhythm
Has a serious and elevated tone

47. An epic is different from most narrative poems because an epic
Tells a story
Uses figurative language
Uses rhyme and rhythm
Has a serious and elevated tone

48. The Iliad and the Odyssey have the following relationship:
They have no clear relationship
Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy
One is a sequel to the other
Both are about Odysseus’s return to Ithaca

49. The Iliad and the Odyssey have the following relationship:
They have no clear relationship
Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy
One is a sequel to the other
Both are about Odysseus’s return to Ithaca

50. Beautiful nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years; she promises him a raft.

51. Calypso

52. Individual who is said to have been the cause of the Trojan War

53. Helen

54. Blind prophet who resides in the Underworld

55. Teiresias

56. Sea nymphs who tried to lure Odysseus and his men with their music

57. sirens

58. Men pursuing Odysseus’s wife

59. suitors

60. Historians, entertainers, myth-makers; traveling singers of tales

61. rhapsodes

62. Great goddess of wisdom

63. Athena

64. An old family friend who “appears” to Telemachus at the beginning

65. Mentor

66. King of Pylos

67. Nestor

68. Witch goddess who turns Odysseus’s men into swine

69. Circe

70. Helen’s husband

71. Menelaus

72. God of wind

73. Aeolus

74. Odysseus’s enemy and Zeus’s brother; god of the sea

75. Poseidon

76. Most powerful of all the gods

77. Zeus

78. Messenger god

79. Hermes

80. Female monster with six serpent heads

81. Scylla

82. How many years have passed since Odysseus last saw his son?

83. 20 years

84. What is the name of the mountain home of the gods where Zeus resides?

85. Mount Olympus

86. What is Cyclops’s other name?

87. Polyphemus

88. How long did the Trojan war last?

89. 10 years

90. The epic that serves as our primary model for the epic of a long journey is Homer’s ______________

91. The epic that serves as our primary model for the epic of a long journey is Homer’s Odyssey

92. What are myths?

93. Stories that use fantasy to express difficult ideas.

94. Are most myths essentially religious?

95. YES

96. Was it the Greeks or the Trojans who were hidden inside the wooden horse?

97. GREEKS

98. What was Homer’s first epic?

99. The Iliad

100. Heroes were thought of as a special class of aristocrats.
True/False
Heroes were thought of as a special class of aristocrats.

101. TRUE

102. How long do Odysseus and his men remain on Circe’s island?

103. 5 years

104. Teiresias said, “It is the ___________ itself that makes up your life

105. journey

106. What does Teiresias tell Odysseus to look for in order to find his way home?

107. star

108. How is the nurse able to identify Odysseus?

109. By the scar on his leg

110. Who does Odysseus see in the Underworld?

111. His mother

112. Athena changes Odysseus’s appearance after he returns to Ithaca so that he looks more like a __________.

113. beggar

114. How is Odysseus able to survive the encounter with the Sirens?

115. He orders his men to tie him to the mast

116. Odysseus tells his crew nothing about
Circe’s prophecy about Scylla
The sun god’s cattle
How to guide the boat past Charybdis
How to behave when the pass the Sirens

117. Odysseus tells his crew nothing about
Circe’s prophecy about Scylla
The sun god’s cattle
How to guide the boat past Charybdis
How to behave when the pass the Sirens

118. How many of Odysseus’s men did Scylla snatch from the boat?

119. six

120. The story of Laertes’ shroud reveals Penelope’s
Kindness
Cleverness
Dishonesty
Beauty

121. The story of Laertes’ shroud reveals Penelope’s
Kindness
Cleverness
Dishonesty
Beauty

122. During the course of his wanderings, Odysseus struggles against
Supernatural enemies, human enemies, and natural forces
Monsters, relatives, and natural forces
His own fear, cowardice, and despair
His own greed, fear, and arrogance

123. During the course of his wanderings, Odysseus struggles against
Supernatural enemies, human enemies, and natural forces
Monsters, relatives, and natural forces
His own fear, cowardice, and despair
His own greed, fear, and arrogance

124. The suitors are guilty of abusing two Greek values: hospitality and
Loyalty to one’s homeland
Love of family
Love of learning
Courtesy to strangers

125. The suitors are guilty of abusing two Greek values: hospitality and
Loyalty to one’s homeland
Love of family
Love of learning
Courtesy to strangers

126. Odysseus may be characterized as
A very clever or resourceful leader
Needing to develop more sympathy for his men
A courageous and cunning leader
A flawless leader who never makes a mistake

127. Odysseus may be characterized as
A very clever or resourceful leader
Needing to develop more sympathy for his men
A courageous and cunning leader
A flawless leader who never makes a mistake

128. I know you all are going to do very well!!!
Finally…THE END!!!
Good Luck!
I know you all are going to do very well!!!
Ms. M 