The Odyssey

What happens to all of Odysseus's men after they leave Helios's island?

• They all Die

• They make it back to Ithaca

• Some are struck down by Zeus but most live

• They are washed back up onto the island for another month

The phrases "son of Poseidon" and "one-eyed giant" are ______________ to describe Polyphemus.

• epic similes

• archetypes

• epic heroes

• epithets

Who was the rhapsode of The Odyssey?

• Taco

• JK. Rowling

• Homer

• Edgar Allan Poe

“…its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake." This quote is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Epic Simile

• Hyperbole

• Slice of Pizza

What is the name of the six headed, twelve tentacled monster?

• Scaryera

• Polyphemus

• Charybdis

• Scylla

What is Charybdis?

• A monster with six heads

• A sleepy horse that can talk

• A giant whirlpool

• A chicken with a man's head

Why isn't Odysseus with the men when they decide to sacrifice the cattle?

• He wanted Taco Bell

• He was searching for food

• He was playing hide and seek by himself

• He went to go pray and fell asleep

He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Circe

• Homer

• Telemachus

• the Muse

Odysseus was trying to return to

• Troy

• Sparta

• Ithaca

• Athens

Who is Odysseus's son?

• Antinous

• Alcinous

• Telemachus

• Teletubby