Calypso

___ holds Odysseus captive for seven years.

• Circe

• Penelope

• Calypso

• Helios

Calypso held Odysseus captive for ___ years.

• 20

• 8

• 10

• 7

Calypso offers Odysseus ____ if he stays.

• a ship

• 3 more wishes

• food

• immortality

The sweet days of his life time were running out in anguish over his exile, for long ago the nymph had ceased to please. Though he fought shy of her and her desire, he lay with her each night, for she compelled him. But when day came he sat on the rocky shore and broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea. What can be inferred about Odysseus based on this passage?

• Odysseus is homesick.

• Odysseus is strong.

• Odysseus is in exile.

• Odysseus is happy.

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The sweet days of his life time

were running out in anguish over his exile,

for long ago the nymph had ceased to please.

Though he fought shy of her and her desire,

he lay with her each night, for she compelled him.

But when day came he sat on the rocky shore

and broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet

scanning the bare horizon of the sea.

What lines support the inference that Odysseus is homesick?

• The sweet days of his life time

  were running out in anguish over his exile,

• Though he fought shy of her and her desire,

  he lay with her each night, for she compelled him.

• broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet

  scanning the bare horizon of the sea.

• for long ago the nymph had ceased to please.

Answer explanation

"broke his own heart groaning with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea" implies that he is searching the horizon for his homeland and the crying lets us know that he is sad about not finding it.

Go back to page 652, find 1 piece of text evidence to support this image of Calypso's island.

Who is the daughter of Atlas and the woman who held Odysseus hostage as a lover?

• Calypso

• Circe

• Siren

• Scylla

The _________ is the epic model of the journey.

• Iliad

• Odyssey

• Iraq

• Ophelia

Odysseus stays with Calypso (according to the book) for _____ years.

• 5

• 7

• 3

• 1

Who came to Calypso and told her to release Odysseus?

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Athena

• Poseidon