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Odyssey and More Review
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A review of Greek Mythology
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Jason & Medea...
Explored Ethiopia
Had a messy break-up
Founded Thebes
Were brother and sister
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What does Odysseus value the most?
fighting in wars
goddesses
his homeland
wealth
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Why does Odysseus have to trick the blinded Cyclops to escape from the cave?
There was a huge rock blocking the entrance to the cave
Odysseus and his men were tied up
Odysseus had been drugged by the Cyclops
Another Cyclops was guarding the entrance to the cave
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Orpheus was a famous...
Musician
Artist
Healer
Prophet
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How are the Cyclops and Scylla alike?
They both have more than one head
They kill and eat their victims
They lure their victims to their death
They enchant their victims
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Who was Odysseus' father?
Laertes
Poseidon
Hermes
Tiresias
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Athena's latin name
Minerva
Saturn
Juno
Diane
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Zeus is the god of…
The Sea
The harvest
Thunder
Mythology
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Who turned men into animals on her island?
Cicones
Calypso
Penelope
Circe
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Which of these wasn't a labor of Hercules?
Slaying the Hydra
Destroying Medusa
Cleaning the Augean Stables
Killing the Nemean Lion
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Circe turns Odysseus' men into ...
pigs
sheep
wolves
cows
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Where is Odysseus' home?
Ithaca
Greece
Helios
Troy
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Who was the god of the sun?
Poseidon
Aeolus
Helios
Hades
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Monster with the head of a bull and body of a man who lived in theCretan labyrinth
Harpy
Centaur
Minotaur
Gorgon
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Flew too close to the Sun
Daedalus
Phaeton
Theseus
Icarus
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Learning one's Achilles' Heel" is an allusion which means
having stinky feet
learning to shoot a bow and arrow
knowing one's weakness
showing love for one's mother
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How is Odysseus able to avoid Circe's spell?
He follows the advice of Eurylochus
He is protected by a plant that Hermes gives him
Circe has used up all of her spells
He has strong will power
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What was the last thing left in Pandora's box?
pride
a radio
envy
hope
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How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
He shows her the secret passage under their bed
He tells her how he built the bed from the tree trunk
He summons Argos with a secret name
He tells her how the two of them met
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Boatman who ferries souls across the Styx
Prometheus
Pyrrhus
Romulus
Charon
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Which goddess did Paris choose as "the fairest"?
Aphrodite
Hera
Artemis
Athena
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Why does Circe say Scylla is a better choice than Charybdis?
Scylla will only kill 6 men
Scylla is closer to Ithaca
Scylla only sings beautiful songs
Scylla is easier to trick
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What is the name of the one-eyed Cyclops?
Polyphemus
Alcinious
Anticleia
Hermes
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Greek god, keep of the winds
Aelous
Cerberus
Cadmus
Daedalus
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Who kept Odysseus on her island for seven years?
Athena
Circe
Calypso
Sirens
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Hera is goddess of...
Wisdom
Marriage
The Hearth
Beauty
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God of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge
Zeus
Hades
Apollo
Poseidon
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Who was the god of the sea and thunder?
Poseidon
Aeolus
Helios
Telemachus
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What did Odysseus stuff in his crew's ears as they pass by the Sirens?
gum
Q-tips
wax
their fingers
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Son of Zeus. Beheaded Medusa and saved Andromeda from the sea monster
Perseus
Theseus
Odysseus
Hercules
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Who is the blind prophet Odysseus goes to visit in the Land of the Dead?
Athena
Telemachus
Tiresias
Aurelius
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Wife to Jason. Murdered her two children to avenge her husband's betrayal
Psyche
Penelope
Medea
Pandora
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Hermes is god of...
Messengers
War
Love
The Sky
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Greek hero who kills Hector; vulnerable where he was held as his mom dipped him in River Styx
Agamemnon
Aeneas
Achilles
Ajax
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Who is MOST responsible for the delays in Odysseus' journey?
the Cyclops
the gods
his crew
the Lotus Eaters
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Titan who ate his own children. Overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus.
Atlas
Hades
Cronus
Helios
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Which character is matched with the CORRECT personality trait?
Lotus Eaters - cruelty
Polyphemus - kindness
Penelope - faithfulness
Odysseus - cowardliness
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Greek king cursed to eternally push a boulder up a hill, only to watchit roll down again
Minos
Sisyphus
Atlas
Midas
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River that forms the border between the world of the living and theUnderworld
Styx
Acheron
Phlegethon
Lethe
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When Odysseus returns home, Athena disguises him as what?
a soldier
a swineherd
a beggar
a soothsayer
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Who was the goddess of wisdom?
Circe
Penelope
Athena
Artemis
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How many muses were there?
7
6
9
3
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Pair of Greek monsters between which Odysseus must pass
Medusa and the Gorgons
Scylla and Charybdis
Jason and the Argonauts
Eteocles and Polyneices
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Volcano's are most likely associated with which god...
Apollo
Hesphaestus
Ares
Artemis
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Known for his beauty, he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love with it
Patroclus
Perseus
Narcissus
Thetis
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He traveled to Hades to bring back his dead wife, but he looked back and she couldn't follow
Tristan and Isolde
Lancelot and Guinevere
Lot and Lot's Wife
Orpheus and Eurydice
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Who is the wife of Odysseus?
Athena
Circe
Calypso
Penelope
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Who is Odysseus' son?
Philoteus
Laertes
Telemachus
Hermes
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What is one difficult task that Penelope proposes for the suitors?
They have to pull Odysseus' sword from a stone
They have to fight each other to the death
They have to kill Polyphemus
They have to string Odysseus' bow
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What was the Cyclops' gift to Odysseus for the wine and Odysseus telling him his name?
He would eat Odysseus last
He would let Odysseus go free
He would give Odysseus several sheep
He would spare the rest of Odysseus' men
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Psyche means...
Soul
Mind
Heart
Body
