The Adventures of Odysseus

How long is Odysseus gone (in total) from his home?

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 20 years

• 30 years

What situation does Odysseus's wife Penelope deal with while her husband is away?

• Suitors refuse to leave her house until she agrees to marry one of them.

• A man from the island has imprisoned her in her own home and forced her to marry him.

• Everyone continues to steal Odysseus's valuables, including his bow and arrows.

• There are no problems, excepting the fact that Penelope misses Odysseus terribly.

Who imprisoned Odysseus on an island for seven years?

• Penelope

• Circe

• Tiresias

• Calypso

Who turns Odysseus's men into swine?

• Nausicaa

• Scylla

• Circe

• Calypso

What happens when Odysseus is gifted a bag of winds from King Aeolus?

• His men open the bag out of curiosity and blow the ships further off course.

• Odysseus uses the bags at a pivotal moment to blow the ships away from the Laestrygonians.

• The bag is fought over by Odysseus's men and dropped into the sea during the scuffle.

• The winds must be given as a gift to Circe to free Odysseus's men.

What group of people eventually help Odysseus get back home?

• The Laestrygonians

• The Phaeacians

• The Charybdians

• The Nausicaans

What island does Odysseus call home?

• Sicily

• Naxos

• Crete

• Ithaca

Which divinity is instrumental in getting Odysseus home, and which one tries to prevent him from doing so?

• Athena; Poseidon

• Artemis; Poseidon

• Athena; Hera

• Hermes; Hera

What task is devised to supposedly choose a suitor for Penelope to marry?

• He must shoot a flaming arrow, perfectly aimed at an effigy that will light with the perfectly landed shot to the incendiary material.

• He must shoot an arrow through 12 rings using Odysseus's bow.

• He must defeat Telemachus in single combat.

• He must make Penelope fall in love with him.

What must Odysseus do to lure the blind prophet Tiresias up from the Underworld?

• Fill a pit with sheep's blood.

• Spill his own blood at the entrance to the Underworld.

• Sacrifice a ram.

• Carry a golden branch through the Underworld to Charon.