1. { Odyssey Test I Review for Retakes

2.   Period of forced absence from one’s country exile

3.   Steal or take by trickery or force plunder

4.   Misfortune; hardship; suffering adversity

5.   Enemy; opponent adversary

6.   Formal order; command Mandate

7.   Able to perform a variety of functions versatile

8.   Personal bravery valor

9.  Wise Sage

10.   Heavy; bulky; massive ponderous

11.   Friendly cordial

12.   one who tells stories to make a living minstrel

13.   helps explain characters’ motivations Greek Values

14.   treat all guests with respect Hospitality

15.   blind minstrel Homer

16.   mutual exchange between two people reciprocity

17.  A story that uses fantasy to explain ideas about life myth

18.   extreme arrogance; self-pride hubris

19.  A long poem about the adventures of gods and goddesses epic

20.   actions should please the gods; Fate; gods honored through sacrifice religion

21.  “…in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught them in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out.” Homeric simile

22.  “Athena – she had the face that launched a thousand ships” Classical allusion

23.  A brief descriptive phrase epithet

24.   Long, narrative ____________. poem

25.   Reflects the _______ of a nation or race values

26.   Addresses ________ concerns. universal

27.   Focuses on the adventures of a historical or legendary ______. hero

28.   ______ plays an important role. supernatural

29.   Story set in many _______. locations

30.   Hero against the ______. odds

31.   Story is simple and written in ______ language. formal

32.   Who kept Odysseus captive for seven years? Calypso

33.   At the beginning of the Odyssey, what is happening? Odysseus is trying to sail home to Troy

34.   Poseidon’s main purpose in the story is to Make Odysseus suffer

35.   Who is Poseidon? father of Polyphemus god of earthquakes god of the sea

36.   What is significant about the following description that Odysseus gives us about the Cyclopes?   “...giants, louts without a law to bless them. In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery To the immortal gods,...” Readers understand that this race of creatures is uncivilized.

37.   When Polyphemus eats some of Odysseus’ men, why does Odysseus not kill him immediately? He knows that Polyphemus is the only one who can open the cave door.

38.   What ancient Greek rule for living does Polyphemus break when Odysseus meets him for the first time? hospitality

39.   Which trait does Odysseus exhibit by lying about his name to Polyphemus? cleverness

40.   How does Polyphemus react when Odysseus tells him his real name? He throws a rock at the ship. He tells Odysseus that a prophet had told him he would lose his eye. He asks Odysseus to come back to the island so he can treat him well.

41.   Why does Odysseus shout to the Cyclops once he and his men are away from the island? He wants to brag about his own cleverness.