Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?

They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.

Heros Journey: Road of trials

O experiences a series of tests during his journey.

Why do the suitors want to marry Penelope?

They will get Odysseus kingdom.

Why doesn't Odysseus take all of his men to the Lotus Eater Island?

Everything except the lucky number

The name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.

How long was Odysseus gone?

20 years--ten in war, ten in return.

When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope

is forced to marry one of them.

Which is an example of an epithet?

Odysseus, warrior and leader of men

referring to their ancestry or parentage

Heros Journey: Master of two worlds

O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.

Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.

O doesn't want to leave Penelope to go to war.

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Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?
They think he's stupid.
They think their father should handle it.
They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.
Because he's the whiny baby of the family.
2
An anthology of stories that reveal our history and beliefs.
mythology
the hero's journey
epic
novel
3
Heros Journey: Road of trials
O. is victorious in battle
Athena tells O to go on a journey and helps him.
O wants to stay home and not go to war.
O experiences a series of tests during his journey.
4
Why do the suitors want to marry Penelope?
She is a friend of the gods.
They will get Odysseus kingdom.
She's hot.
She's the last woman in Ithaca
5
When Odysseus meets his mother in the LOD, he acts
spitefully
angrily
emotionally
fearlessly
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In the middle of things
a blank slate
patronymics
epic simile
in medias res
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Which is an example of patronymics?
Dawn with rosy fingers
The cyclops is the son of Poseidon.
Odysseus, son of Laertes
Crooked minded Cronus
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Why doesn't Odysseus take all of his men to the Lotus Eater Island?
Everything except the lucky number
He was afraid he'd lose men
3 is his lucky number
He got fooled before.
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How long is Odysseus gone from home?
10 years fighting, 10 years with Calypso.
2 years fighting, 8 years with Calypso, 10 years return,
10 years fighting, 5 years fooling around, 5 fighting,
10 years war, 10 years return.
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Nohbody
The number of men left on the ships.
Odysseus' ego is so low he feels like he is a ...
The goddesses that Odysseus doesn't live with.
The name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.
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How long was Odysseus gone?
20 years--8 in war, 8 with Calypso, 4 getting home.
20 years--18 in war, 2 getting home.
20 years--ten in war, ten in return.
10 years
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When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope
is forced to marry one of them.
kills herself
unravels the shroud
runs away
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A large work with supernatural aid, heroism and larger than life characters.
poem
novel
epic
fiction
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Poseidon is the father of
Odysseus
Polyphemus
Zeus
Athena
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Which is an example of personification
Rosy fingered dawn
he swished over the ocean.
Zeus, son of Cronus
golden haired nymph
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Which is an example of an epithet?
Odysseus, son of Laertes
Rosy fingered dawn
Odysseus, warrior and leader of men
"...just so the eyeball hissed around the spike."
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Who wrote the Hero's Journey?
Joe Campbell
Homer
Shakespeare
Odysseus
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The Homeric Problem is
We don't know what it is.
We don't know who Joseph Campbell was.
We don't know who Homer was.
We don't know who Odysseus was.
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Who give Odysseus the gift of wind?
Circe
Aeolus
Poseidon
Hermes
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Who does Odysseus meet in the Land of the Dead?
His mother
Tiresius
All of these
Elpinor
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How does Penelope prove Odysseus is who he says he is?
Athena changes him back to himself.
Athena tells her
She tests him
She remembers him.
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Who wins Penelope's challenge?
Telemachus
Odysseus
Tiresius
Alcinous
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hubris (pertains to Odysseus)
excessive pride
poor self image
sadness
fearfulness
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Patronymics:
talking down to someone
an epic simile
referring to their ancestry or parentage
calling someone by their characteristics
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Naming someone based on their characteristics
patronymics
epic simile
epithet
metaphor
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A comparison that can last several lines
allegory
metaphor
allusion
epic simile
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What does O do to the men who eat the flower?
Beats them within an inch of their lives.
Leaves them behind
Laughs and gets the munchies with them.
Ties them to their benches
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The flower that makes men high is
ambrosia
The lotus
Caplypso's hiacynth
the wine of the gods
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Where do the men go on Cyclops island?
a whirlpool
the water
a sheep pen
a cave
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Heros Journey: Master of two worlds
O is happy with Calypso
O defeats the cyclops
Scylla and Charybdis
O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.
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Heros Journey: Athena tells Odysseus to go on a journey and guides him on his way.
supernatural aid
Call to adventure
Woman as temptress
Atonement of the father
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Which way does Odysseus go when faced with Scylla or Charybdis?
Scylla
Charybdis
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Who is the one person who listens to the Sirens song?
Odysseus
Zeus
Tiresias
Alcinous
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Odysseus has help killing the suitors from
All of them
Athena
Telemachus
the swineheard
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When analyzing a poem, you should read three times for...
3. Theme and meaning
All three.
2. looking for literary devices.
1. General understanding
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Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.
O faces the suitors
O doesn't want to leave Penelope to go to war.
O must go and fight
O wants to leave Calypso's cave
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Odysseus is disguised as...
a god
a swineheard
a pirate
a beggar
38
Who wrote The Odyssey?
Homer
Shakespeare
Joe Campbell
Odysseus
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Why does Odysseus go back to Circe's Island?
For advice on how to get home
Revenge
To bury Elpinor
To rescue his men
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Passing down a story verbally through generations
Oral tradition
bards
epic poetry
mythology
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Penelope puts off the suitors by...
A sword fight
An obstacle course
a trivia contest
An archery contest

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