Midterm Study Guide

Question 1

Which Greek state was known for democracy?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 2

What does the mermaid looking sea nymph give Odysseus to protect him when Poseidon tries to drown him?

Accepted Answer

vail

Question 3

What did the Greeks hold onto from the Minoan Civilization?

Accepted Answer

writing

Question 4

seas that border Greece

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea

Question 5

The skill being tested between Athena and Arachne is sewing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What contest does Penelope give to pick her new husband?

Accepted Answer

shooting an arrow through 12 ax heads

Question 7

King Alcinoos is impressed by Odysseus when he plays the lyre.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which wind does Aeolus leave unbound to blow Odysseus and his men home?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 9

What does Hermes give Odysseus to prevent him from being turned into a pig?

Accepted Answer

a herb

Question 10

Which Greek Civilization was in power first?

Accepted Answer

Minoans

Question 11

What does Hermes steal from Apollo?

Accepted Answer

cattle

Question 12

Who brought fire to man?

Accepted Answer

Prometheus

Question 13

What does Hermes make for Apollo as an apology for his theft?

Accepted Answer

the lyre

Question 14

In which stage does the majority of the plot happen?

Accepted Answer

Special World

Question 15

Who is Athena in disguise as when she travels with Telemachus from Ithaka?

Accepted Answer

Mentor

Question 16

Who does Odysseus stay with when he returns to Ithaka?

Accepted Answer

Eumaeus

Question 17

How did the Greeks deal with food shortages?

Accepted Answer

they were seafaring, they traded with other countries

Question 18

What flaw does Odysseus demonstrate when he escapes Polyphemus’ island?

Accepted Answer

pride

Question 19

Why do Zeus and his siblings revolt against the Titans?

Accepted Answer

Kronos was eating them, their father treated them poorly

Question 20

In what disguise does Athena guide Odysseus to King Alcinoos?

Accepted Answer

a little girl

Question 21

In which world does the Hero end their journey?

Accepted Answer

Ordinary World

Question 22

Who guides Telemachus and Odysseus to have their reunion?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 23

What does a “Siren’s Song” refer to?

Accepted Answer

man&#x27;s want to special

Question 24

What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus his name is in order to deceive him?

Accepted Answer

nobody

Question 25

The sacred cattle belong to Apollo

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Which character archetype was defined by Mr. Copenhaver as “The boss fight before the next level”?

Accepted Answer

Threshold Guardian

Question 27

Why does Odysseus not trust Calypso when she tells him he can leave her island?

Accepted Answer

he&#x27;s tried to leave before and failed

Question 28

Who does Demeter ask to intercede when Hades takes Persephone?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 29

Who was the Greek’s greatest hero in the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

Achilles

Question 30

What does Persephone eat in the Underworld?

Accepted Answer

pomegranate

Question 31

Menelaus tells Telemachus that Odysseus is close to getting home

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Greece&#x27;s geography was very fertile and very abundant.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

What is the term given to a Greek city state?

Accepted Answer

polis

Question 34

Venus promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

How does Athena disguise Odysseus upon his return to Ithaka?

Accepted Answer

as a beggar

Question 36

What type test was Odysseus’s encounter with Scylla & Charybdis?

Accepted Answer

mental

Question 37

Who is the king Telemachus meets with in Pylos?

Accepted Answer

Nestor

Question 38

What does the hero most often do after they get the call to adventure?

Accepted Answer

Reject the call

Question 39

Odysseus&#x27; first challenge is Polyphemus

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Which world does the hero start in?

Accepted Answer

Ordinary World

Question 41

Odyssues talked to his mother in the Underworld

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

How does Odysseus show the suitors his strength while in disguise?

Accepted Answer

fighting Irus

Question 43

Who in Penelope’s court does Odysseus reveal his identity to?

Accepted Answer

Eurycleia

Question 44

Which Greek state gave mostly equal rights to women?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 45

Which character archetype is usually the antagonist of a story?

Accepted Answer

Shadow

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