What is Calypso’s big gripe against the gods?

Male gods are allowed lovers and goddesses are not.

Why won’t Calypso let Odysseus leave the island of Ogygia?

She has fallen in love with him

Who comforts Penelope when she fears that she will lose her son?

Athena disguised as Penelope's sister

What do Menelaus and Helen say about Odysseus?

They give examples of his cleverness and masterful disguises.

How do Menelaus and Helen know that Telemachus is Odysseus’s son?

There is a distinctive family resemblance.

What does Athena predict for Odysseus?

That he is alive and will return to Ithaca.

When does Penelope say that she will choose a suitor?

When she finishes knitting a burial shroud

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The Odyssey (Books 1-6)

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1
What is Calypso’s big gripe against the gods?
Male gods are allowed lovers and goddesses are not.
Odysseus has chosen to stay on her island voluntarily.
Male gods have more power than goddesses do.
They are choosing to interfere for entertainment purposes.
2
Whom does the narrator of the Odyssey invoke in order to inspire him to tell the story?
The Muse
Zeus
His dead ancestors
Jesus
3
Why won’t Calypso let Odysseus leave the island of Ogygia?
She has fallen in love with him
She crazy
He is a threat to her power
The gods told her not to
4
Who comforts Penelope when she fears that she will lose her son?
Athena disguised as Penelope's sister
Telemachus disguised as Athena
Telemachus disguised as Odysseus
Athena disguised as Telemachus
5
What do Menelaus and Helen say about Odysseus?
They tell Telemachus that they have no news of Odysseus.
They give examples of his cleverness and masterful disguises.
Menelaus reveals that he and Odysseus fled Troy together.
They slander Odysseus and discuss his cowardice in battle.
6
How do Menelaus and Helen know that Telemachus is Odysseus’s son?
They received word from Penelope.
Odysseus’s son was prophesied to visit them.
Athena introduces him as Odysseus’s son.
There is a distinctive family resemblance.
7
Who reveals to Menelaus that Odysseus is trapped by Calypso?
Agamemnon
Proteus
Athena
Helen
8
What does Poseidon do when he realizes what the gods have done?
He asks Zeus to change his mind.
He threatens to punish Calypso.
He finds Odysseus and threatens him.
He generates a violent storm.
9
Whom does Naussica find when she goes to the river?
The queen
Athena
Suitors
Odysseus
10
When does the story take place?
Ten years after the Trojan War
In the middle of the Trojan War
33 A.D.
Ten years before the Trojan War
11
What did Clytemnestra do while Agamemnon was at war?
She traveled to see Penelope.
She fled from Greece.
She married another man.
She supported her husband.
12
What do the gods decide to do about Odysseus?
Not intervene in any way
Send Zeus to rescue Odysseus
Have Calypso fight Hermes for him
Force Calypso to let him go
13
What does Athena predict for Odysseus?
That he has died in battle and cannot be found.
That he will never return to his wife and son.
That he has fallen in love with another woman.
That he is alive and will return to Ithaca.
14
Who gives Odysseus a veil to keep him safe after his ship is destroyed?
Hermes
Ino
Calypso
Athena
15
When does Penelope say that she will choose a suitor?
When Calypso lets Odysseus leave Ogygia
When Telemachus finally gets married
When Athena forces her to choose one
When she finishes knitting a burial shroud

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