The Odyssey- Book 18

Who challenges Odysseus to fight at the start of Book 18?

• Antinous

• Telemachus

• Eurymachus

• Irus

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What does the winner of the fight between Odysseus and Irus get?

• Gifts

• Blood sausages

• Penelope's hand in marriage

• Money

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What does Athena bless Penelope with?

• immortality
• riches
• youth
• beauty

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What did Penelope tell the suitors would win her over?

• Fighting
• Gifts
• Strength
• A man who can cook

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What makes Irus shake in his rags?

• Odysseus unveils his sword

• Odysseus whispers his true identity

• Odysseus reveals his rippling muscles beneath his rags

• Athena appears before Odysseus

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If killing the suitors was the "main course" of the evening, what was the "appetizer?"

• Penelope's speech to the suitors

• Odysseus beating up Irus

• Eurymachus throwing a stool at Odysseus

• Odysseus warning the suitors with a story about "fortune"

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What is the suitor's reaction to seeing Penelope descend the stairs?

• they secretly sneer at how much she has aged

• Their knees buckle and hearts dissolve in lust

• Their dreams of killing Telemachus reignite

• They rush to her side to help her down the stairs

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Which epithet is used to describe Penelope?

• Wise

• Fair-haired

• cunning

• Tenacious

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When Penelope gives a speech to the men, she first talks about:

• Her disappointment in them ruining her palace

• Her husband and her torment because of his absence

• Her desire to move on and choose a suitor

• Her passion for weaving

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What does Penelope ask the suitors for before she weds one of them?

• Replacement for her lambs and pigs

• Gifts

• Peace

• display of strength

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