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25 question quiz on The Odyssey Book 1&2 and related literary devices.
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1
"In Medias Res" means what?
In the middle of things
In the beginning of things
Before the beginning of things
In the end of things
2
What goddess motivates, inspires, and helps Telemachus?
Hera
Pandora
Athena
Aphrodite
3
"The man of twists and turns" is describing what character?
Telemachus
Odysseus
Antoninus
Hermes
4
God of the Seas, brother of Zeus
Hades
Helios
Hermes
Poseidon
5
Who is plaguing Penelope and Telemachus's house?
Antoninous
Poseidon
The Suitors
Calypso
6
In what language did Homer originally write 'The Odyssey'?
None, it was perfomed orally
Hebrew
Ancient Greek
Latin
7
"The bewitching sea nymph" is describing which character?
Circe
Penelope
Calypso
Athena
8
What two places does Telemachus plan on visiting?
Syracuse & Marathon
Ithaka & Athens
Corinth & Argos
Sparta & Pylos
9
What does Mentes advise Telemachus to do?
Call an Assembly & travel to find word of his father
Help Penelope finish the death shroud
Gather an army to attack the Suitors
Join his father in Troy to help fight
10
What omen does Zeus send to the assembly meeting in Book 2?
Lightening Bolts
3 lions roaring
4 peacocks screeching
2 eagles fighting
11
What is the prequel to 'The Odyssey'?
The Illiad
The Bacchae
The Symposium
The Orestia
12
Who is the ringleader of the Suitors?
Mentes
Mentor
Antoninous
Aegisthus
13
Who is Odysseus's son?
Mentes
Leartes
Antoninous
Telemachus
14
In book 1 of "The Odyssey" what prediction does Athena make about Odysseus?
That Poseidon will never let Odysseus return home to Ithaca
Odysseus has fallen in love with another woman and abandoned his family
That Odysseus died in battle and is in the underworld
That Poseidon will never let Odysseus return home to Ithaca
15
"Green-Eyed" Athena, Hermes "the Giant-Killer", The Man of "Twists and Turns" are all examples of what?
Eulogy
Epithet
Allusion
Metaphor
16
Who wrote "The Odyssey"?
Aristophanes
Euripides
Homer
Aristotle
17
How has Penelope tricked the Suitors?
Poison the food
Leave Ithaka everynight
Replace the wine with juice
Every night she destroys her work on the loom
18
'The Odyssey' takes place when?
1000 B.C.
10 years after the Trojan War
During the Trojan War
10 years before the Trojan War
19
What war did Odysseus help the Greeks win?
Grecco-Punic War
Corinthian War
Trojan War
Spartan-Persian War
20
The omen sent by Zeus to the assembly in book 2 is an example of what?
Flashback
subplot
Parallel Plot
Foreshadowing
21
At the beginning of Book 1 of 'The Odyssey' Odysseus is stuck where?
In Troy
On the island of Ogygia
On Mount Olympus
On a boat in the Mediterranean
22
"The Giant Killer" is describing which character?
Hermes
Telemachus
Odysseus
Poseidon
23
What literary device is used in the poem "Ithaka" that we read in class?
Epic Narrative
Metaphor
Allusion
In Medias Res
24
Who is keeping Odysseus captive on Ogygia?
Calypso
Poseidon
Zeus
Penelope
25
At the beginning of Book 1, the Narrator of the story invokes inspiration from...
The Muses
Athena
Posiden
Zeus
