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Folk Literature: The Odyssey
Folk Literature: The Odyssey
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What does folk mean?
Uneducated
Countryside
Old
People
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Who is the king of the ancient Greek gods?
Posiedon
Hades
Zeus
Athena
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Who are the Lotus Eaters?
Giant people
Normal people visited by Odysseus
Mysterious island people visited by Odysseus and his men.
They are Lotus fruits who eat humans
4
What gift/present did Odysseus give to the Cyclops?
Gold
Wine
Sheep
A magical sword
5
Define epic poem
Long narrative (tells a story) poem
A paper that you wrote
Large writing
A really exciting and awesome poem
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Fill the gap: "Like drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, the Lotus in the story__________ so the men only wanted to eat them.
Are delicious
Are found on islands
Are free
Are addictive
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What is the name of Odysseus' son?
Telemachus
Archemedes
Terrellius
Terry
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What is Folk Literature?
Traditional/cultural stories passed down from generation to generation
Ancient History
Fantasy stories
Stories about people
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A trek, a journey and an odyssey are all the same?
False
True
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How did Odysseus get his men off the island of the lotus eaters?
dragging them off the island
none of the above
leaving without the men
taking only the men that are willing to leave the island
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What did Odysseus do to the Cyclops?
He burned his house down
He killed him
He cut off his arm
He stabbed stabbed him in the eye
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What is the cyclops' name?
Polyphemus
Polylandry
Nathaniel
Polypro
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Those who ate the Lotus Eaters' flowers...
were transformed into a Cyclops
never wanted to go home
were able to foretell the future
wanted only to go home
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What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops his name is?
Poseidon
Nobody Atall
Odysseus
Polyphemus
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The Cyclops is very large
False
True
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Odysseus was from...?
Rome, Italy
Ithaca, Greece
London, England
Istanbul, Turkey
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What did the Lotus Eaters do?
Ally (make friends) with Odysseus
Attempt to feed Odysseus' men with Lotus Flowers
Sacrifice one of Odysseus's friends
Ambush the soldiers at night
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A legend is
A short story involving speaking animals
a hero
a piece of real history
an old, well-known story which is based on history
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What is Odysseus' wife called?
Cleopatra
Persephone
Josephine
Penelope
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What is the Odyssey about?
The creation of Earth
The quest to find the most beautiful woman
The Trojan War
Odysseus' journey home
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How many men did the cyclops eat?
15 men
2 men
4 men
7 men
22
The next chapter is called...
The Pig Woman
The Goat Queen
The Dragon Mother
The Snake lady
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What Gods and Goddesses are in the Odyssey?
Roman Gods.
Greek Gods.
Norse Gods.
There are no gods in the Odyssey.
24
What genre are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Science Fiction
Nonfiction
Fantasy
Epic Poem
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What is a common purpose of a
myth
?
To teach about real history
To scare children
Explains how the world and its creatures came to be
For laughs
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Who is credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Chaucer
Achilles
Dante
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Oral tradition is
Kissing on the cheek
brushing your teeth every day
passing inforamtion by word of mouth
information in books
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The Cyclops is the son of Poseidon
True
False
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the Iliad comes after the Odyssey
True
False
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Who is the protagonist of The Odyssey?
Homer
Odysseus
Jason
Achilles
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Folk literature is a genre of fiction writing based on...
movies & TV shows
historical landmarks
oral tradition
books
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How many eyes did the Cyclops have?
3
1
2
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