The Odyssey: The Cyclops

This cyclops received no help from his relatives because he was tricked by words after Odysseus gave a fake name.

• Circe

• Charybdis

• Teiresias

• Polyphemus

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In the cave of the Cyclops, what did Odysseus first tell the Cyclops his name was?

• Agamemmnon

• Nohbdy

• Laertes

• No man

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How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclopes?

• They tricked the cyclopes into thinking they were other cyclopes

• They got away by hiding under the cyclopes's sheep

• They prayed to Zeus

• They gave the cyclopes a magic plant

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The Cyclops is the son of...

• Zeus

• Hermes

• Apollo

• Poseidon

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a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• homeric simile

• epic

• invocation

• muse

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

• Circe

• Homer

• Telemachus

• the Muse

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In the Cyclops Episode, what regret does Odysseus share with King Alcinous.

• Rejecting his men's suggestion to steal the cyclop's food while he's away.

• That he shouldn't have told the cyclops his real name.

• He shouldn't have eaten the sun god's cattle.

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

• Circe

• Charybdis

• Teiresias

• Polyphemus

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

• Polyphemus

• Telemachus

• Odysseus

• Achilles

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What is the primary theme of 'The Odyssey: The Cyclops'?

• Hospitality

• Revenge

• Cunning and intelligence

• Love

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