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The Odyssey Review
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A review for books 1, 5, 9, 11, 22, and 23 of #TheOdyssey for 9th graders.
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1
Which
isn't
a reason Odysseus killed the suitors?
They turned his servants against him
They tried to marry Penelope
His son asked him to
They were bad guests in his home
2
When does Penelope say she will marry one of the suitors?
When Telemachus is dead
When one of the suitors can give her enough gold
When she finishes weaving a tapestry
When she falls in love with one of the suitors
3
What war does Odysseus leave home to fight in?
Peloponnesian War
Trojan War
Ithacaen War
Persian War
4
Who is the god of the sea and father to the Cyclopes?
Hermes
Poseidon
Triton
Aquaman
5
What was the name of Odysseus's wife?
Circe
Penelope
Melantho
Beatrice
6
Who were the island people who subdued Odysseus's men into a drug-like trance?
The Cyclopes
The Trojans
The Ithacaens
The Lotus-Eaters
7
Who was the god of the sun whose cattle were eaten by Odysseus's men?
Apollo
Eurymachus
Helios
Alcinous
8
How many years is Odysseus gone from home?
10
20
7
15
9
A long journey full of many changes in fortunes.
Adventure narrative
Epic journey
Odyssey
Epic travels
10
The goddess of wisdom, cunning, and war strategy.
Calypso
Athena
Hermes
Apollo
11
What was the name of Odysseus's son?
Icarus
Alcinous
Eurymachus
Telemachus
12
What is the name of the one-eyed giant who lived in a cave and ate men?
Polyphemus
Helios
Telemachus
Minotaur
13
Goddess who attempted to persuade Odysseus to live as an immortal on her island forever.
Charybdis
Scylla
Calypso
Circe
14
Why does Odysseus leave Calypso's island instead of staying immortal?
He needed to protect his men
He is homesick
He misses his wife
Calypso treated him poorly
15
What is the name of the witch who turned Odysseus' men into animals/pigs?
Charybdis
Circe
Athena
Scylla
16
The island where Odysseus is king.
Crete
Sicily
Olympus
Ithaca
17
The epic hero of the Odyssey
Hercules
Telemachus
Apollo
Odysseus
18
What does Odysseus have Polyphemus call him?
Nobody
The Great One
Oddie
Odysseus
19
What is an epic simile?
A metaphor using like or as that goes on for many lines
A metaphor that goes on for many lines
Emotion that is described for many lines
Imagery that describes a person that goes on for many lines
20
This monster is a gaping mouth in the ocean with many teeth; also explains whirlpools.
Athena
Scylla
Calypso
Charybdis
21
What
isn't
a characteristic of an epic hero?
Cunning
Pride
Friendship with gods
Strength
22
God of archery, music, light, truth, prophecy, and poetry.
Daedalus
Apollo
Hermes
Artemis
23
Messenger God who wears winged sandals.
Athena
Helios
Apollo
Hermes
24
What is the test that Penelope gives the suitors to chose one to marry?
Wine-drinking contest
Shooting an arrow through twelve axe holes
Fighting to the death
Weaving a tapestry to commemorate her late husband
25
What was the name of the 6-headed monster who ate men?
Calypso
Circe
Scylla
Charybdis
26
What is an epic?
A long narrative poem
A metaphor using like or as
Something that compares two unlike things
A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology
