Ch. 6 Beauties and Beasts

What does the term "beetling" mean?

• Overhanging

• A slightly see-through type of gypsum, a white or grey mineral often carved into ornaments

• A container with two handles and a narrow neck

• Weepy and watery

What is a maelstrom?

• A wall at the edge of the sea, often part of a harbor

• A hugely powerful whirlpool or any wild and whirling situation

• Three-pronged fork

• A poet who recites their works aloud

Whose body do the men bury?

• Circe

• Teiresias

• Eurylochus

• Elpenor

How does Odysseus protect his men from the singers?

• He ties them to the mast of the ship.

• He fights them off with his sword.

• He steers the ship away from the singing.

• He makes them put wax in their ears.

What three perils do the sailors face in this chapter?

• lotus eaters, Scylla, Calypso

• Polyphemus, Laestrygonians, Siren Singers

• Siren Singers, Scylla, Charybdis

• Argos, Aeolians, Charybdis