Epics, Epic Heroes and The Odyssey

Question 1

How many of Odysseus's men were killed in Cyclopes cave?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 2

The daughter of Zeus who helps Odysseus on his journey is named?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 3

What literary device is in this line "...at the point of one of the curving horns of land..."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 4

How many men did Odysseus lose in the Land of the Lotus Eaters?

Accepted Answer

zero

Question 5

What literary device is represented here? "...he asked in a voice like thunder."

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 6

Why did Aeolus refuse to help Odysseus a second time?

Accepted Answer

he thought that he was cursed

Question 7

Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic of an epic?

Accepted Answer

Limited Setting

Question 8

Odysseus's father was named

Accepted Answer

Laertes

Question 9

Which of the following IS NOT TRUE about an epic hero?

Accepted Answer

Has magical powers

Question 10

"The wolves fawned upon them like eager dogs..." What literary device is used in this sentence.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 11

How did Odysseus and the men escape the Cyclops cave?

Accepted Answer

Tied to rams

Question 12

Which of the following IS NOT one of the curses Cyclops asked his father to put on Odysseus?

Accepted Answer

Make him penniless

Question 13

He is the father of Polyphemus, the Cyclops.

Accepted Answer

Poseidon

Question 14

The following contains what literary device? "...bundle of logs, large branches lopped..."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 15

What was special about the island of Telepylus, home of the Laestrygonians?

Accepted Answer

The sun never set

Question 16

Odysseus left Ithaca to fight in what war?

Accepted Answer

Trojan

Question 17

How many ships did Odysseus have left after the battle with the Laestrygonians?

Accepted Answer

one

Question 18

Poseidon is the God of the

Accepted Answer

Sea

Question 19

The plant Odysseus is given to fight off Circe's spell is called what?

Accepted Answer

Moly

Question 20

How many ships did Odysseus have when he started his journey home?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a theme of The Odyssey?

Accepted Answer

circle of life

Question 22

Odysseus was helped on the island of Circe by this messenger

Accepted Answer

Hermes

Question 23

Zeus is

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King of Gods and Men

Question 24

What literary device is in this line, "we are indeed the most miserable of men."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 25

He is the king of the Laestrygonians

Accepted Answer

Antiphates

Question 26

"Where there is a hearth someone has his home." What literary device is used in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 27

The first people that Odysseus and his men came in contact with were who?

Accepted Answer

The Cicones

Question 28

Approximately how many years did Odysseus and his men fight in the war?

Accepted Answer

10 years

Question 29

This person warned Odysseus's men about going with Odysseus to Circe's house

Accepted Answer

Eurylochus

Question 30

Which of the following IS NOT one of the main symbols in The Odyssey

Accepted Answer

The Cyclops's staff

Question 31

Circe had the power to turn men into animals - she turned Odysseus's men into what animal?

Accepted Answer

swine

Question 32

What literary devices are in this passage "a cliff curving around like a horn on either side

Accepted Answer

simile and alliteration

Question 33

How many men were on each of Odysseus's ships when they began the journey home?

Accepted Answer

60

Question 34

Odysseus tells Circe they cannot be friends unless she pledges to do what?

Accepted Answer

Plan no evil against him

Question 35

How many of his men did Odysseus send out to investigate the Lotus-Eaters?

Accepted Answer

three

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