The Odyssey: Cattle of the Sun God

Who is the Sun God?

• Helium

• Helios

• Heliotrope

• Eurylochus

To prevent his men from eating the cattle of the Sun God, Odysseus

• Ties them to the mast.

• Steers the boat away from Thrinakia

• Tells them they should avoid the cattle.

• Orders them to avoid the cattle.

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Who suggests that the men eat the cattle of the Sun God?

• Eurylochus

• Hermes

• Odysseus

• Helios

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What convinces the men to eat the cattle of the Sun God?

• They figure out that Odysseus lied to them.

• They decide starving is the worst kind of death imaginable.

• Poseidon tricks them into it.

• They don't realize the cattle they eat belong to the Sun God.

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Describe the scene in which the men eat the cattle of the Sun God.

• They perform a ritual of sacrifice first, then eat.

• They get drunk and overeat, like they did with the Cicones.

• They eat in silence without a ritual.

• They force feed Odysseus so he will get in trouble, too.

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Whom does Odysseus blame when he wakes up and sees what his men have done?

• He blames himself. He feels guilty for sleeping.

• He blames Eurylochus for talking his men into eating the cattle.

• He blames Zeus for letting him sleep so long.

• He blames Helios for being a bad host.

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Who is Lord of Noon?

• Hermes

• Hades

• Helios

• Odysseus

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How do the men of Odysseus die?

• The sun God burns them to death.

• Odysseus kills them out of anger.

• They die from food poisoning.

• They drown from a big storm at sea.

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Who is Lampetia?

• The wife of Eurylochus.
• The daughter of Odysseus.
• The daughter of the Sun God.
• A nymph who captures Odysseus.

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How many obstacles or monsters that Odysseus faces are female?

• All of them.

• None of them.

• Two of them.

• More than two of them.

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