The Odyssey: End of Part 1

Once Odysseus escaped Charybdis and Scylla, he and his men ended up on...

• The Land of the Dead

• Thrinacia

• Phaeacia

• Ithaca

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The holy cattle found on Thrinacia belong to which god?

• Hermes (messenger of the gods)

• Athena (goddess of wisdom)

• Helios (the Sun god)

• Polyphemus (Poseidon's son)

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Odysseus was warned TWICE to not touch Helios's sacred cattle. Who warned him? (Check two)

• Circe

• Tiresias

• Helios

• Zeus

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How long were Odysseus and his men stuck on Thrinacia?

• 7 years

• one year (12 months)

• 10 days

• 30 days (one month)

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Why were Odysseus and his men stuck on Thrinacia for so long?

• Poseidon created an earthquake that prevented them from leaving.

• The Sirens found Odysseus and his men and prevented them from leaving.

• Zeus created a huge storm that prevented them from leaving.

• Helios asked Odysseus to stay and look after his cattle.

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Which one of Odysseus's men convinced the other men to eat the holy cattle?

• Eurylochus

• Hermes

• Tiresias

• Perimedes

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Eurylochus told the rest of Odysseus's men that they might avoid Helios's wrath (anger) if they...

• build a statue of the Sun god in Ithaca and worship it

• burn the hides (dead skin) of the cattle and offer the remains to the 12 gods

• blame it on Odysseus instead

• ask for Zeus's forgiveness

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Eurylochus told the rest of Odysseus's men that if the gods killed them for eating Helios's cattle, it was better than...

• dying as swine (pigs)

• drowning in the sea

• dying of starvation (hunger)

• going home

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After Odysseus and his men set sail and left Thrinacia, what happened? (Check two)

• Scylla ate all of Odysseus's men except him

• Zeus hit their ship with a lightning bolt.

• Poseidon caused an earthquake and made Odysseus's ship crash into the rocks

• All of Odysseus's men died except for Odysseus

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While Odysseus was floating alone in the sea, Zeus blew him back north towards...

• Troy

• The Land of the Dead

• The Sirens

• Charybdis and Scylla

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