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How many lines is the Odyssey?
How old was Telemachus when his father returned?
The Edith Hamilton Mythology/Homer Mega-Hoot
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How old was Telemachus when his father returned?
20!
21!
18!
15!
2
How many lines is the Odyssey?
About 12,000
10
About 30,000
About 1200
3
Why did Aegus kill himself?
Hera told him that his son had died.
Hera told him that his son had lived.
He saw the sail of the ship from the shore.
He saw the white sail from the shore.
4
What does "invocation" mean?
game
speech
prayer
war
5
Why didn't Odysseus follow his first instinct to kill Polyphemus?
He needed him to move the slab blocking the door of the cave
He never wanted to kill him
He wanted to party with him
He killed him as soon as he met him
6
Which is an account of the creation of the universe and gods, according to Greek mythology?
The Odes of Pindar
Creation
Works and Days
Theogony
7
What does "maudlin" mean?
tearfully sentimental from too much liquor
inability to believe
goods taken by force
to stare with sullen anger
8
How many years does Odysseus spend with Circe?
9 months
6 months
7 years
1 year
9
What was Phineas' punishment and who inflicted it?
He'd tell the future but no one would believe him // Apollo
He couldn't eat // Zeus
He'd tell the future but no one would belive him // Hera
He couldn't eat // Hera
10
The prophet said Odysseus will find who in his home when he returns to Ithaca?
Calypso
Suitors
Circe!
Menelaus
11
Who was the Golden Apple for?
The Hungriest
The Fairest
The Best
The Smartest
12
Who was the child of Night and Erebus?
Earth
Cyclops
Heaven
Love
13
What is the common, modern allusion that directly relates to Scylla and Charybdis?
"Whirlpool or 6-headed monster"
What's an allusion?
"Stuck between a rock and a hard place"
"Stuck between Scylla and Charybdis"
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What side was Odysseus on?
Greece
Troy
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Why doesn't Odysseus stop his men from eating the divine cattle?
He was drunk and didn't know what was going on
He was asking for directions from the townspeople
He wasn't even there
He was sleeping
16
What side was Achilles on?
Greece
Troy
17
South wind?
Zephyr
Notus
Eurus
Boreas
18
What side was Priam on?
Greece
Troy
19
How did the Argonauts know that it was safe to pass through the Symplegades?
Phineus told them that they could
A dove flew through them
An eagle flew through them
They didn't, they were winging it
20
Which group of children did Heaven hate?
the cyclopes
the things with a 100 hands
the titans
the furies
21
Who is Eumaeus?
Cowherd
Shipmate
Suitor
Swineherd
22
How did Hercules die?
He was killed by Deianira's poisoned robe.
He was killed by a friend.
He was burnt on a pyre.
He drowned in the sea.
23
Who found Danae and Perseus
Dictis
Dictys
Polydectes
Polyphemus
24
What means to "stare with sullen anger; scowl"?
Bemusing
Contempt
Glowering
Maudlin
25
What is Charybdis?
A 6-headed monster who would eat 6 men in Odysseus' crew
A monster that summons a whirlpool that would kill the crew
26
the term for a " violent storm with strong winds"
Mammoth
Dispatched
Squall
Hyperbole
27
How long was Odysseus' journey home from Troy (after the war ended)
SUPPOSED
to take?
About two weeks
A year
One day
A few months
28
What does "lithe" mean?
Instrument
Flexible
Confusing
Incredible
29
How long did it actually take Odysseus to get home (AFTER the war)?
7 years
10 years
20 years
1 year
30
Who did Theseus try to steal?
Phaedra
Persephone
Helen
Ariadne
31
Which god made weapons and furniture for the other gods?
Hestia
Harold
Hephastus
Hades
32
Who was the protector of the young?
Artemis
Apollo
Athena
Hera
33
Who gave mankind horses?
Hades
Poseidon
Ares
Zeus
34
How many years did Odysseus spend on Calypso's island?
10 years
1 year
9 years
7 years
35
Who were the Symplegades?
Rocks that slammed into each other
A whirlpool monster that would drown unfortunate sailors
A wind from the East that caused hurricanes
Sea monsters that burrowed holes in the ship
36
God of wealth?
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
Artemis
37
Goddess of youth, cupbearer to the gods?
Isis
Ceres
Eros
Hebe
38
Who is the epic hero of the Iliad?
Ulysses
Prince of Paris
Odysseus
Achilles
39
What does Odysseus give Polyphemus as a gift?
Gold
LuLuLemon Headbands
Wine
Fancy Perfumes
40
Said to have three forms: one in the sky, one on earth, and one in the underworld.
Demeter
Artemis
Hestia
Persephone
41
What is "a series of related events in the course of a continuous account"?
Flashback
Hubris
Episodic
Dramatic Irony
42
What is an epic?
A group of Odysseus' men
A long narrative poem, recounting heroic deeds
A book written a long time ago
43
How many graces were there?
6
12
9
3
44
How does Zeus feel about Odysseus?
hates him
doesn't care about him
is mad at him
loves him
45
How long did the war last?
20 years
10 years
9 years
21 years
46
Who punished those who broke their oaths?
Hera
Hermes
Zeus
Hades
47
Who is Eumaeus?
swineherd
cowherd
suitor
shipmate
48
Who gives the persuasive speech, convincing the men to eat the cattle?
Eurylochus
Teiresias
Laertes
Telemachus
49
Who was the old man of the sea?
Nerous
Neurus
Nereus
Nereis
50
The first written record of Greek mythology was...
Theogony
The Homeric Hymns
The Odyssey
The Illiad
51
The epic begins here.
in the flashback
in the present
at the end
in the middle of the action
52
What happens when a person "tastes the lotus?"
They lose their desire to leave the island and go home
They get very hyper and run around and won't stop
They get extremely sick
They become violent and hurt everyone around them
53
Which of the following did Hesiod write?
Works and Days and Theogony
The Homeric Hymns
The Aeneid
The Illiad and the Odyssey
54
What are the two types of epics?
Supernatural and Realistic
long and Short
Literary and Imaginary
Folk and Literary
55
Guide of the dead to the underworld?
Hermes
Hades
Apollo
Hephaestus
56
What does "dissemble" mean?
to stare with sullen anger; scowl
character who is used to contrast another character
conceal with false appearances
flexible, limber
57
How does Penelope find out that Odysseus is who he claims to be?
he shows his scar
she asks the gods
the nurse tells her
the secret of the bed
58
How were the maids punished?
They are imprisoned.
They are shot.
They were banished from Ithaca.
They were hung.
59
What does Calypso offer Odysseus in hopes to persuade him to stay with her?
Love (wink wink)
Knowledge to be remembered for his wisdom
Immortality
She offers him a kingdom
60
How does Odysseus finally get home?
He builds a raft to float home on.
Traders bring him home.
Zeus provides a ship.
Athena helps him out.
