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

Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?

They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.

When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope

is forced to marry one of them.

Heros Journey: Master of two worlds

O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.

referring to their ancestry or parentage

Heros Journey: Road of trials

O experiences a series of tests during his journey.

Which is an example of an epithet?

Odysseus, warrior and leader of men

How long was Odysseus gone?

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

Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.

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

The name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.

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When analyzing a poem, you should read three times for...
3. Theme and meaning
1. General understanding
All three.
2. looking for literary devices.
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Heros Journey: Athena tells Odysseus to go on a journey and guides him on his way.
Atonement of the father
supernatural aid
Call to adventure
Woman as temptress
3
A comparison that can last several lines
metaphor
allegory
epic simile
allusion
4
Naming someone based on their characteristics
metaphor
patronymics
epic simile
epithet
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The flower that makes men high is
The lotus
the wine of the gods
Caplypso's hiacynth
ambrosia
6
Where do the men go on Cyclops island?
the water
a sheep pen
a whirlpool
a cave
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Odysseus has help killing the suitors from
Telemachus
All of them
Athena
the swineheard
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hubris (pertains to Odysseus)
excessive pride
poor self image
fearfulness
sadness
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Penelope puts off the suitors by...
An archery contest
A sword fight
An obstacle course
a trivia contest
10
In the middle of things
in medias res
a blank slate
patronymics
epic simile
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Which is an example of personification
he swished over the ocean.
golden haired nymph
Zeus, son of Cronus
Rosy fingered dawn
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Why does Odysseus go back to Circe's Island?
For advice on how to get home
To bury Elpinor
Revenge
To rescue his men
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Who does Odysseus meet in the Land of the Dead?
All of these
Elpinor
His mother
Tiresius
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Who give Odysseus the gift of wind?
Poseidon
Aeolus
Hermes
Circe
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Who wins Penelope's challenge?
Odysseus
Telemachus
Tiresius
Alcinous
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What does O do to the men who eat the flower?
Laughs and gets the munchies with them.
Beats them within an inch of their lives.
Leaves them behind
Ties them to their benches
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Why do the suitors want to marry Penelope?
She's the last woman in Ithaca
She is a friend of the gods.
She's hot.
They will get Odysseus kingdom.
18
When Odysseus meets his mother in the LOD, he acts
fearlessly
angrily
emotionally
spitefully
19
Why doesn't Odysseus take all of his men to the Lotus Eater Island?
3 is his lucky number
He got fooled before.
Everything except the lucky number
He was afraid he'd lose men
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Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?
Because he's the whiny baby of the family.
They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.
They think he's stupid.
They think their father should handle it.
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Passing down a story verbally through generations
mythology
Oral tradition
bards
epic poetry
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When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope
kills herself
is forced to marry one of them.
unravels the shroud
runs away
23
Who wrote The Odyssey?
Odysseus
Joe Campbell
Homer
Shakespeare
24
Odysseus is disguised as...
a god
a pirate
a beggar
a swineheard
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How does Penelope prove Odysseus is who he says he is?
Athena tells her
Athena changes him back to himself.
She remembers him.
She tests him
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Who wrote the Hero's Journey?
Homer
Odysseus
Shakespeare
Joe Campbell
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Which is an example of patronymics?
Odysseus, son of Laertes
Crooked minded Cronus
The cyclops is the son of Poseidon.
Dawn with rosy fingers
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The Homeric Problem is
We don't know who Homer was.
We don't know who Joseph Campbell was.
We don't know what it is.
We don't know who Odysseus was.
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Heros Journey: Master of two worlds
Scylla and Charybdis
O is happy with Calypso
O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.
O defeats the cyclops
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How long is Odysseus gone from home?
10 years war, 10 years return.
10 years fighting, 5 years fooling around, 5 fighting,
2 years fighting, 8 years with Calypso, 10 years return,
10 years fighting, 10 years with Calypso.
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Patronymics:
calling someone by their characteristics
an epic simile
talking down to someone
referring to their ancestry or parentage
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Heros Journey: Road of trials
Athena tells O to go on a journey and helps him.
O. is victorious in battle
O wants to stay home and not go to war.
O experiences a series of tests during his journey.
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Which is an example of an epithet?
Odysseus, son of Laertes
Odysseus, warrior and leader of men
Rosy fingered dawn
"...just so the eyeball hissed around the spike."
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How long was Odysseus gone?
20 years--18 in war, 2 getting home.
10 years
20 years--ten in war, ten in return.
20 years--8 in war, 8 with Calypso, 4 getting home.
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A large work with supernatural aid, heroism and larger than life characters.
epic
poem
fiction
novel
36
Who is the one person who listens to the Sirens song?
Zeus
Tiresias
Odysseus
Alcinous
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Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.
O must go and fight
O faces the suitors
O wants to leave Calypso's cave
O doesn't want to leave Penelope to go to war.
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Which way does Odysseus go when faced with Scylla or Charybdis?
Charybdis
Scylla
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Poseidon is the father of
Odysseus
Athena
Zeus
Polyphemus
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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 name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.
The goddesses that Odysseus doesn't live with.
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An anthology of stories that reveal our history and beliefs.
the hero's journey
epic
novel
mythology

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