Odyssey Book 1 and 5 Quiz

Who is the "man skilled in all ways of contending" - the subject of the story the narrator would like to hear?

• Telemachus

• Odyessus

• Ogygia

• Achilles

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Who is Odysseus's patron goddess?

• Hera

• Athena

• Helen

• Demeter

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What does Athena beg her father?

• Send Hermes to free Odyesseus

• Send Hermes to kill Kalypso

• Order Odysseus to kill the suitors

• Banish Kalypso

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Who is sent to deliver the message from Zeus to free Odysseus?

• Athena

• Ares

• Hermes

• Zeus

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What is Odysseus's son's name, and where does he live?

• Telemachus / Ithaca

• Telemachus / Pylos

• Telemachus / Ogygia

• Telemachus / Illion

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What would Telemachus like his father to do?

• Never return

• Return home and drive the suitors away

• Bring home the eye of the cyclops

• Appease Poseidon

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What have the suitors done to Telemachus's home?

• Trashed the house and ate all the food

• Repaired the damage

• Burned it down

• Stole Odyesseus's treasures.

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Telemachus is advised to take a boat to find out news about what person?

• Nestor

• Odysseus

• Menelaus

• Pylos

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Who wrote The Odyssey?

• Odysseus
• Homer
• Edgar Allan Poe
• F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Which city was Odysseus the king of?

• Mykonos
• Troy
• Sparta
• Ithaca

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