Odyssey

He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.

• Circe

• Charybdis

• Teiresias

• Polyphemus

She devised a difficult task for some troublesome men to do.

• Calypso

• Penelope

• Circe

• Muse

The man skilled in all ways of contending is an example of this literary device.

• invocation

• ambition

• liturgy

• epithet

character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean

• Polyphemus

• Telemachus

• Odysseus

• Achilles

character who refused to inform sailors of their impending death

• Odysseus

• Circe

• Cyclops

• Charybdis

Who composed The Odyssey, the epic poem telling the story of Odysseus and his journey home?

• Telemachus

• Agemmemnon

• Homer

• Iliad

The character Odysseus, from The Odyssey and The Iliad, is considered a hero because _____

• he was a war hero and king

• he embodies the heroic traits of his culture and fits the profile of an epic hero

• even though all of his men die during their journey, Odysseus makes it home alive after 20 years

• people wrote stories about him that show he was important

The Trojan War lasted _____ years, and it took Odysseus_____ years to return home.

• 5,5

• 20,10

• 10,10

• 20,20

In The Odyssey, what is Poseidon's major role?

• Companion

• Adversary

• Protector

• Advisor

What was the name Odysseus first gave Polyphemus?