The Odyssey

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the main character?
King of Sparta
Telemachus
Odysseus
King of Sparta
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where is Odysseus from?
Ithaca
Troy
Sparta
Cicones
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the word for a long series of adventures which include hardships?
an odyssey
an epic
a harp
a monolith
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
When Odysseus sent three men to search the island of the Lotus-Eaters, why did those men not return?
they were "drugged" after eating the Lotus Flower
Calypso detained them for "her heart's delight."
they ate the Lotus Flower and died
the sea nymphs gave them Lotus Flowers
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is Nausicaa's reaction to finding Odysseus washed up on the beach?
She screamed and ran off.
She faced Odysseus and waited for him to speak.
She hid in the bushes.
Wisely, she decided to take him straight back to the palace.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
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