Duplicate of Epics, Epic Heroes and The Odyssey

Question 1

What literary device is in this line, "we are indeed the most miserable of men."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 2

How many of his men did Odysseus send out to investigate the Lotus-Eaters?

Accepted Answer

three

Question 3

Approximately how many years did Odysseus and his men fight in the war?

Accepted Answer

10 years

Question 4

How many men were on each of Odysseus's ships when they began the journey home?

Accepted Answer

60

Question 5

What literary devices are in this passage "a cliff curving around like a horn on either side

Accepted Answer

simile and alliteration

Question 6

The plant Odysseus is given to fight off Circe's spell is called what?

Accepted Answer

Moly

Question 7

How many men were on each of Odysseus's ships when they began the journey home?

Accepted Answer

60

Question 8

"The wolves fawned upon them like eager dogs..." What literary device is used in this sentence.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 9

"Where there is a hearth someone has his home." What literary device is used in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 10

The following contains what literary device? "...bundle of logs, large branches lopped..."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 11

What literary device is in this line "...at the point of one of the curving horns of land..."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 12

The first people that Odysseus and his men came in contact with were who?

Accepted Answer

The Cicones

Question 13

How many of Odysseus's men were killed in Cyclopes cave?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 14

Odysseus was helped on the island of Circe by this messenger

Accepted Answer

Hermes

Question 15

He is the father of Polyphemus, the Cyclops.

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Poseidon

Question 16

Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic of an epic?

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Limited Setting

Question 17

Which of the following IS NOT one of the main symbols in The Odyssey

Accepted Answer

The Cyclops's staff

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a theme of The Odyssey?

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circle of life

Question 19

Which of the following IS NOT one of the curses Cyclops asked his father to put on Odysseus?

Accepted Answer

Make him penniless

Question 20

Odysseus left Ithaca to fight in what war?

Accepted Answer

Trojan

Question 21

What literary device is represented here? "...he asked in a voice like thunder."

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 22

How many men did Odysseus lose in the Land of the Lotus Eaters?

Accepted Answer

zero

Question 23

Poseidon is the God of the

Accepted Answer

Sea

Question 24

Odysseus tells Circe they cannot be friends unless she pledges to do what?

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Plan no evil against him

Question 25

Zeus is

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King of Gods and Men

Question 26

The daughter of Zeus who helps Odysseus on his journey is named?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 27

Which of the following IS NOT TRUE about an epic hero?

Accepted Answer

Has magical powers

Question 28

How did Odysseus and the men escape the Cyclops cave?

Accepted Answer

Tied to rams

Question 29

How many ships did Odysseus have when he started his journey home?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 30

Circe had the power to turn men into animals - she turned Odysseus's men into what animal?

Accepted Answer

swine

Duplicate of Epics, Epic Heroes and The Odyssey

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