Odyssey book 5

What offer does Calypso make Odysseus to get him to stay with her?

• Ambrosia
• Freedom
• Immortality
• Revenge

Which city was Odysseus the king of?

• Mykonos
• Troy
• Sparta
• Ithaca

What happened to Odysseus once he left Calypso's island?

• He safely sailed home

• Poseidon wrecked his ship

• The whirpool, Charybdis, tried to drown him

• Calypso tried to bring him back

God of the Sea

• Zeus
• Hades
• Hecuba
• Poseidon

When Poseidon learns that Odysseus has left Calypso's island, what does he do in anger?

• He strikes Odysseus' raft with lightning.

• He raises a mighty storm while Odysseus is at sea.

• He listens to Zeus and leaves him alone.

• He asks Hades to take Odysseus to the underworld.

In the Epic Simile on page 1106 Hermes is compared to what animal?

• a pigeon

• a lion

• a gull

• a bull

When Odysseus finally reaches the shore, what does he do?

• He sleeps.

• He eats.

• He looks for other people.

• He offers a sacrifice to Zeus.

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

• Telemachus / Ithaca

• Telemachus / Pylos

• Telemachus / Ogygia

• Telemachus / Illion

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

What is the name of Odysseus' wife who he longs to get home to?