The Odyssey

Why does Telemachus go to Pylos and Sparta?

• for fun

• vacation

• to look for his dad

• to look for his mom

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How does Odysseus escape Polyphemus?

• He swims back

• Ran out the cave

• Odysseus and his men are clinging to the sheep’s bellies

• Killed cyclops and escaped

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Why does Odysseus kill the suitors?

• Odysseus wants revenge on the suitors because they have wasted a lot of his wealth

• Did not like the suitors

• He wanted to kill

• They are trying to marry his wife

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How does Penelope test Odysseus?

• Ruin his clothes

• Serves him his favorite food

• She asks him questions

• She tests Odysseus by ordering her servant Eurycleia to move their marriage bed

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Why does Athena help Odysseus so much?

• Athena sided with the Greeks during the Trojan War, and Odysseus is a Greek hero.

• Athena likes him

• Odysseus is Poseidon’s enemy

• Athena doesn't like Zeus

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Why does Calypso allow Odysseus to leave her island?

• She is tired of him

• Escapes

• she has no choice but to obey Zeus’s commands

• He twists her mind so he can leave

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What is your first impression of Odysseus? Which of his qualities do you admire?

• He is handsome

• He is heroic

• He is lazy

• He is short

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Where is Odysseus' home?

• Troy

• 
  Athens

• Turkey

• Ithaca

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How do the Sirens lure travelers to their destruction?

• They sing them into rapture and get them to come toward the island and their boat crashes on the rocks

• Pay them

• Kidnap them

• Steal their boats

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Who does Telemachus think Odysseus is when they first reunite?

• A old man

• A homeless person

• At first Telemachus thought Odysseus was an old beggar and then he thinks Odysseus is a god.

• A cyclop

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