The Odyssey

Which text best supports why Odysseus was unhappy on Calypso's Island?

• Calypso's "love was relentless... Every day she offered to give him anything his heart desired except the one thing he really wanted.

• "She wouldn't let him leave her island.

• "Odysseus was wretched. He pined for his home, for his wife and son, for his own rocky island of Ithaca.

• "But what can a mortal man do against a goddess? All he could do was dream of going home.

The text says that "The Gods were watching him [Odysseus]...His misery touched the heart of" which God?

• Athene

• Zeus

• Hermes

• Poseidon

Where did Odysseus spent his first night back on Ithaca?

• On the beach

• with the shepherd boy's family

• in the palace

• in his swineherd's hut

Who helped Odysseus regain his throne?

Check all that apply.

• Penelope

• Telemachus

• Eurycleia

• Eumaeus

How did Penelope know for sure that the beggar was truly Odysseus?

• She tricked him by asking to move the bed.

• She recognized him in his own royal clothes.

• Telemachus told her that is was his father.

• Eurycleia insisted that the beggar was Odysseus.

Who is the main character?

• King of Sparta

• Telemachus

• Odysseus

• King of Sparta

On page 10, Odysseus leaves home with a "heavy heart". What does it mean to have a "heavy heart"?

• To be excited

• To be anxious

• To be sad

Look on page 13, how did the Greeks trick their way into Troy?

• They pretended to be nice

• They walked through the city gates

• They snuck in inside of a horse

• The gods helped them

Odysseus tells his wife Penelope to do what when he leaves

• Let Telemachus rule the kingdom

• To find a new husband to rule the kigdom

• To rule the kingdom herself until he returns

• None of these

Where did Odysseus go first after he left the city of Troy?

• City of Sparta

• Ithaca

• City of Cicones

• An unknown island