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Review for #Odyssey Exam
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Who is the first person Odysseus runs into in Ithaca?
Eurylochus
Telemachus
Eumaeus
Eurycleia
2
Odysseus's first adventure after leaving war...
Circe
Cicones
Laestrygonians
King Alcinous
3
Who is king of the island where Nausicaa finds him?
Menelaus
Alcinous
Antinous
Agamemnon
4
Who is the monster that would suck Odysseus's ship down?
Scylla
Argos
Charybdis
Poseidon
5
This sea nymph keeps him prisoner for how many years?
12 months
7 years
10 years
17 years
6
How could Eurycleia, the old servant, tell the beggar was Odysseus?
his scar
his face
his smell
his sword
7
On whose island do Odysseus and his men land after his escape from Polyphemus?
Apollo
Alcinous
Circe
Troy
8
How long was Odysseus away, total?
20 years
10 months
10 years
20 months
9
Odysseus is the king of what island?
Italy
Crete
Ithaca
Troy
10
Who was head of the suitors?
Antinous
Aphrodite
Calypso
Alcinous
11
Where was this battle located?
Ithaca
Crete
Greece
Troy
12
From what war is Odysseus returning at the beginning of
The Odyssey?
The Trojan War
the Greco-Roman War
The Pelloponisian Wars
the Athenean Battles
13
What does Odysseus sacrifice to call forth the prophet's spirit?
chicken
sheep
sailors
cows
14
Who is the 6 headed 12 tentacled monster that eats 6 of Odysseus's men?
Eurylochus
Charybdis
Scylla
Polyphemus
15
Polyphemus was punished because he didn't show __ to his guests
hospitality
the bathroom
generosity
a movie
16
What was the battle over?
Trade Agreements
Helen
Fishing rights
Land
17
How long after the battle before Odysseus came home?
10 years
20 years
10 months
10 months
18
How are Odysseus's men punished for their behavior on the Sun God's island?
They are starved
They are banished
They are killed
They are spanked
19
Who does Odysseus anger when he hurts Polyphemus?
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
Apollo
20
Once released from the sea nymph's control, where does he show up next?
at home
The Acheean (Phaecians) island
Land of the Dead
on his ship
21
What is Odysseus doing while his men disobey his orders?
sacrificing pigs
sleeping
praying
writing a letter home
22
How was this battle finally won?
The Greeks burned the city to the ground
Greeks go home after plundering the city
Achilles kills everyone
The Greeks tricked the enemy with a horse to gain entry
23
Who is Odysseus's father?
Alcinous
Poseidon
Zeus
Laertes
24
Who are the "monsters" that lure sailors to their deaths with their sweet singing?
Scylla
Charybdis
Sirens
Hermes
25
Whose banquet hall did Odysseus arrive in after leaving Calypso?
Antinous
Circe
Laestrygonians
King Alcinous
26
What does the witch do to Odysseus's men?
feeds them
eats them
puts them to sleep for 100 years
turns them into pigs
27
How did Odysseus escape Polyphemus?
sneaking out at night
Hiding under the sheep
crawling out a crack in the cave walk
an invisibility cloak
28
Where does the witch send Odysseus for a prophecy?
Laestrygonians
Land of the Dead
to Zeus
Calypso
29
Which god is obstructing Odysseus from getting home?
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
Apollo
30
What are the sailors forbidden to eat while they're resting on the island?
the cattle of the Sun God
apples
the swine
the lotus flower
31
Who is Odysseus's wife?
Athena
Aeolus
Helen
Penelope
32
What man alone survives the Sun God's punishment?
Euryclea
Argos
Eurylochus
Odysseus
33
Who has been away from home searching for Odysseus?
Telemachus
Aeolus
Menelaus
Penelope
34
What race was Polyphemus
Laestrygonians
Cyclops
Apollo's cattle
Menelaus
35
How long did Odysseus fight this battle?
20 months
10 years
7 years
20 years
36
How did the sailors keep Odysseus from being lured by the monsters?
locked him in the hold
they lashed him to the mast
they sat on him
they knocked him unconscious
37
Who is the first to recognize Odysseus despite his disguise?
Telemachus
Alcinous
Argos
Penelope
38
What did Odysseus make his sailors stuff their ears with to avoid these monsters?
beeswax
cotton balls
strips of cloth
their fingers
39
Who are Nausicaa's parents?
King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaecia (Scheria)
King Antinous and Queen Penelope of Ithaca
King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra of Troy
King Menelaus and Queen Helen of Sparta
40
Whose island does this sailor wash ashore on next?
Calypso
Alcinous
Circe
Helen
41
After surviving the gauntlet of monsters, Odysseus decides to rest on whose island?
his own
Circe
Calypso
Helios
42
What 3 kings went to battle in Troy?
Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Odysseus
Odysseus, Agamemnon, and Aegisthus
Telemachus, Odyssues, and Agamemnon
Achilles, Hercules, and Odysseus
43
Who was Polyphemus's father?
Poseidon
Apollo
Zeus
Crephemus
44
What is the name of Odysseus's kingdom?
Greece
Ogygia
Ithaca
Troy
45
Which god or goddess supports Odysseus and Telemachus the most?
Poseidon
Athena
Apollo
Zeus
46
How was Polyphemus punished?
He was blinded
He was spanked
He was grounded
He was killed
47
What is Odysseus's bed made out of?
a tree
flowers
rocks
feathers
48
What goddess finally intervenes on his behalf and begs for his release?
Helen
Apollo
Zeus
Athena
49
What is Odysseus disguised as when he first arrives?
knight
servant
king
beggar
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Who provides Odysseus with his prophecy?
Teiresias
Agamemnon
Poseidon
Athena
