The Odyssey Review: Part I

What is the invocation?

• Declares purpose of poem and calls on a muse to help tell the story.

• It is the first episode of the epic poem.

• It invokes feelings within the reader.

• When the main character asks a god/goddess for help.

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What is an epithet?

• Excessive pride.

• A short descriptive phrase that comes before a name.

• The chapter that comes after the last episode.

• It is an extended simile.

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Define hubris.

• Greek custom of hospitality.
• An unbeatable foe.
• Excessive pride.
• Possessing an excellent ability at something.

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the epic hero?

• Superior in degree to other men in his environment.
• They are immortal and live forever.
• Undertakes a journey to achieve something of great value.
• Skilled with/without weapons.

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The character who convinces Odysseus' men to eat the cattle of Helios.

• Aeolus
• Laestrygonian
• Eurylochus
• Tiresias

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The King who Odysseus is telling his journey to in the middle of the story.

• Aeolus
• Sirens
• Circe
• Alcinous

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The god who gave Odysseus a bag of winds to help him get home.

• Calypso
• Aeolus
• Circe
• Polyphemus

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Calypso ______________.

• kept Odysseus for 7 years.
• Kept Odysseus for 1 year.
• kept Odysseus for 10 years.
• kept Odysseus for 5 years.

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A group of cannibals who destroyed many of Odysseus' ships and ate his men.

• The Sirens
• Charybdis
• Laestrygonians
• The god of the underworld

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Tiresias ________________________.

• told Odysseus how to get home.
• warned Odysseus about Helios' cattle. 
• warned Odysseus about the Sirens.
• told Odysseus not to listen to Circe.

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