The Odyssey - Books 1-12

Odysseus is trapped on Oygyia with...

• Cyclops

• Circe

• Calypso

• Telemachus

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What has Penelope done to enrage her suitors?

• She has told Telemachus to tell them to leave

• She undoes the knitting on a burial shroud she is making

• She has led them on by plying them with wine every night

• She has prayed to the gods to save Laertes from battle

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Who reveals to Menelaus that Odysseus is trapped by Calypso?

• Helen

• Agamemnon

• Proteus

• Athena

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Who comforts Penelope when she fears that she will lose her son?

• Athena, in the form of Penelope’s sister

• The herald Medon

• Athena, in the form of Telemachus

• Antinous, the suitor

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"Son of Laertes" is an example of a(n)__________.

• epithet

• simile

• epic simile

• metaphor

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 What effect does eating the lotus flower have on Odysseus’ men?

• They forget their homeland and want to stay on the island forever
• They become focused on their mission to return to Ithaca
• They lose their sight
• They are turned into pigs

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How does Odysseus react to his men after they eat the lotus plant?

• He drags them back on their boats

• He punishes them

• He leaves them with the lotus-eaters

• He beheads them

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What could the test of the lotus eaters symbolize (how does it apply to our journeys today)?

• There needs to be rest before work

• Different lands have strange, yet beautiful, customs

• Don't let distractions prevent the reaching of goals

• There are many important steps in becoming a hero

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The Cyclops is the son of...

• Zeus
• Hermes
• Apollo
• Poseidon

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Does the Cyclops, Polyphemus, respect Zeus, as Odysseus does?

• Yes, since the Cyclops is a son of Poseidon

• No, he thinks the Cyclopes have more "force" than Zeus

• Yes, and he refuses to talk about Zeus

• No, he has never even heard of the gods of Mt. Olympus

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