Why won’t Calypso let Odysseus leave the island of Ogygia?

She has fallen in love with him

What is Calypso’s big gripe against the gods?

Male gods are allowed lovers and goddesses are not.

What do Menelaus and Helen say about Odysseus?

They give examples of his cleverness and masterful disguises.

How do Menelaus and Helen know that Telemachus is Odysseus’s son?

There is a distinctive family resemblance.

When does Penelope say that she will choose a suitor?

When she finishes knitting a burial shroud

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The Odyssey (Books 1-6)

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1
Who gives Odysseus a veil to keep him safe after his ship is destroyed?
Calypso
Athena
A sea nymph
Hermes
2
When does the story take place?
In the middle of the Trojan War
Ten years after the Trojan War
Ten years before the Trojan War
33 A.D.
3
Why won’t Calypso let Odysseus leave the island of Ogygia?
She has fallen in love with him
She crazy
He is a threat to her power
The gods told her not to
4
Whom does the narrator of the Odyssey invoke in order to inspire him to tell the story?
Jesus
His dead ancestors
The Muse
Zeus
5
What does Poseidon do when he realizes what the gods have done?
He generates a violent storm.
He threatens to punish Calypso.
He finds Odysseus and threatens him.
He asks Zeus to change his mind.
6
What is Calypso’s big gripe against the gods?
Odysseus has chosen to stay on her island voluntarily.
They are choosing to interfere for entertainment purposes.
Male gods are allowed lovers and goddesses are not.
Male gods have more power than goddesses do.
7
What do Menelaus and Helen say about Odysseus?
They give examples of his cleverness and masterful disguises.
They tell Telemachus that they have no news of Odysseus.
Menelaus reveals that he and Odysseus fled Troy together.
They slander Odysseus and discuss his cowardice in battle.
8
How do Menelaus and Helen know that Telemachus is Odysseus’s son?
Odysseus’s son was prophesied to visit them.
Athena introduces him as Odysseus’s son.
They received word from Penelope.
There is a distinctive family resemblance.
9
Who reveals to Menelaus that Odysseus is trapped by Calypso?
Helen
Proteus
Athena
Agamemnon
10
What do the gods decide to do about Odysseus?
Force Calypso to let him go
Not intervene in any way
Have Calypso fight Hermes for him
Send Zeus to rescue Odysseus
11
When does Penelope say that she will choose a suitor?
When Calypso lets Odysseus leave Ogygia
When Athena forces her to choose one
When Telemachus finally gets married
When she finishes knitting a burial shroud
12
What did Clytemnestra do while Agamemnon was at war?
She supported her husband.
She married another man.
She fled from Greece.
She traveled to see Penelope.
13
Whom does Naussica find when she goes to the river?
Suitors
The queen
Athena
Odysseus

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