The Odyssey Part 2: Back Home

At the start of The Odyssey, Part 2, Odysseus arrives home.

Where is his home?

• Ithaca

• Phaeacia

• Sicily

• Aeaea

Odysseus is the ______ of Ithaca.

• king

• god

• storyteller

• giant

How long has Odysseus been away from his home?

• Twenty years

• Ten years

• Fifty years

• A hundred years

Who are the people who have taken over Odysseus's palace?

• suitors

• Trojans

• the gods

• cannibals

Which god/goddess appears in front of Odysseus when he arrives home?

• Athena

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Circe

What do the suitors want? (Check all that apply)

• To marry Odysseus's wife, Penelope

• To murder Odysseus's son, Telemachus

• To comfort Odysseus's wife while she waits for Odysseus to return

• To help rule Ithaca until Odysseus comes back

• To teach Odysseus's son how to become the next king

Why does Athena change Odysseus into a beggar?

• To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca

• To punish him for angering Zeus

• To prove to Odysseus that gods have powers

• To shame and embarrass him in front of his people

TRUE OR FALSE: Odysseus's son, Telemachus, is able to see Athena when she appears in front of them.

• FALSE

• TRUE

What two things does Odysseus instruct Telemachus to do when Telemachus returns to the palace? (Check all that apply)

• Count how many suitors there are

• Count how many suitors are armed

• Kill the leader of the suitors

• Tell the suitors that Odysseus is back

• Sneak Penelope out of the palace

Telemachus tells Odysseus there are more suitors at the palace than Odysseus realizes. How many does he say are there?

• More than a hundred

• More than a thousand

• More than a dozen

• About ten or so