"Sailing from Troy" and "The Lotus Eaters" Reading Check

Who is Alcinous?

• Circe's father

• Odysseus's father

• Odysseus's son

• King of Phaeacia

Where does Odysseus travel to from Troy? This is where his men show no morals.

• Ithaca to speak with Tiresias

• Phaeacia to speak with King Alcinous

• Calypso’s island where he is detained by Calypso

• Ismarus island where the Cicone people live

What are Odysseus's goals?

• To get rich and meet many women.

• To survive and get himself and his crew home.

• To please the gods and bring Helen home.

• To eat as much lotus he can so he won't have to stop and eat again.

What did Odysseus and his men do to the Cicone people?

• Killed many of the men, stole from them, and took the women as their slaves

• Brought lotus to them so they would never want to leave

• Brought many of them back on their ships to go back to Ithaca

• Brought them back to Calypso and Circe

Why were there "6 benches left empty in every ship"?

• Odysseus's men wouldn't leave the Land of the Lotus

• Odysseus's men stayed with Calypso and Circe

• Odysseus lost many men during the battle with the Cicones

• Odysseus and his men needed the benches to load and carry lotus home to Ithaca

What is a lotus?

• A meat source

• Magic that causes people to sleep

• A bag of wind to help set the ships towards home

• A flower

After Zeus raised a storm, how long was Odysseus drifting along at sea?

• 10 years

• 9-10 days

• 100 days

• He was never drifting at sea

Why does Odysseus land on the island of the Lotus-Eaters?

• To find King Alcinous

• To escape the Cicones

• To eat lotus

• To find water

What did Odysseus instruct three of his men to do once they landed on the island of the Lotus?

• To investigate the land and learn about the people who live there

• To guard the ships while Odysseus goes and investigates the land

• To grab all of the lotus they could get their hands on

• To back away and start sailing to Ithaca

How does Odysseus show leadership and take control while on the land of the Lotus-Eaters?

• Odysseus leaves his men on the land of the Lotus-Eaters because they didn't want to leave

• Odysseus does waits for his men and does nothing

• Odysseus prays for Zeus's help

• Odyssus finds his men and brings them back to the ships and ties them down so that they can sail once again