Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.

O doesn't want to leave Penelope to go to war.

How long was Odysseus gone?

20 years--ten in war, ten in return.

Heros Journey: Road of trials

O experiences a series of tests during his journey.

When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope

is forced to marry one of them.

Which is an example of an epithet?

Odysseus, warrior and leader of men

Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?

They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.

Why do the suitors want to marry Penelope?

They will get Odysseus kingdom.

Heros Journey: Master of two worlds

O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.

The name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.

referring to their ancestry or parentage

Why doesn't Odysseus take all of his men to the Lotus Eater Island?

Everything except the lucky number

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1
Who wins Penelope's challenge?
Alcinous
Telemachus
Odysseus
Tiresius
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How long is Odysseus gone from home?
10 years war, 10 years return.
2 years fighting, 8 years with Calypso, 10 years return,
10 years fighting, 5 years fooling around, 5 fighting,
10 years fighting, 10 years with Calypso.
3
A comparison that can last several lines
allegory
epic simile
metaphor
allusion
4
Heros Journey: Refusal of the call.
O wants to leave Calypso's cave
O must go and fight
O faces the suitors
O doesn't want to leave Penelope to go to war.
5
When analyzing a poem, you should read three times for...
1. General understanding
3. Theme and meaning
All three.
2. looking for literary devices.
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Heros Journey: Athena tells Odysseus to go on a journey and guides him on his way.
Atonement of the father
supernatural aid
Woman as temptress
Call to adventure
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Where do the men go on Cyclops island?
a whirlpool
a sheep pen
the water
a cave
8
Who wrote the Hero's Journey?
Homer
Odysseus
Shakespeare
Joe Campbell
9
How long was Odysseus gone?
20 years--18 in war, 2 getting home.
20 years--8 in war, 8 with Calypso, 4 getting home.
10 years
20 years--ten in war, ten in return.
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Odysseus is disguised as...
a pirate
a beggar
a god
a swineheard
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Who is the one person who listens to the Sirens song?
Zeus
Alcinous
Tiresias
Odysseus
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Heros Journey: Road of trials
O wants to stay home and not go to war.
Athena tells O to go on a journey and helps him.
O experiences a series of tests during his journey.
O. is victorious in battle
13
When the suitors discover her plan, Penelope
unravels the shroud
runs away
is forced to marry one of them.
kills herself
14
When Odysseus meets his mother in the LOD, he acts
fearlessly
spitefully
emotionally
angrily
15
Which is an example of an epithet?
"...just so the eyeball hissed around the spike."
Rosy fingered dawn
Odysseus, son of Laertes
Odysseus, warrior and leader of men
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Why don't Polyphemus' siblings help him?
They don't believe him because he says Nohbody.
Because he's the whiny baby of the family.
They think their father should handle it.
They think he's stupid.
17
Why do the suitors want to marry Penelope?
She's the last woman in Ithaca
She is a friend of the gods.
She's hot.
They will get Odysseus kingdom.
18
The flower that makes men high is
Caplypso's hiacynth
ambrosia
the wine of the gods
The lotus
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Penelope puts off the suitors by...
An obstacle course
An archery contest
A sword fight
a trivia contest
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Heros Journey: Master of two worlds
O defeats the suitors and regains his kingdom.
Scylla and Charybdis
O defeats the cyclops
O is happy with Calypso
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Why does Odysseus go back to Circe's Island?
For advice on how to get home
Revenge
To bury Elpinor
To rescue his men
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Who does Odysseus meet in the Land of the Dead?
Tiresius
His mother
Elpinor
All of these
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hubris (pertains to Odysseus)
sadness
poor self image
fearfulness
excessive pride
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A large work with supernatural aid, heroism and larger than life characters.
fiction
epic
novel
poem
25
Which way does Odysseus go when faced with Scylla or Charybdis?
Charybdis
Scylla
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The Homeric Problem is
We don't know who Odysseus was.
We don't know what it is.
We don't know who Homer was.
We don't know who Joseph Campbell was.
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Nohbody
The name Odysseus gives to trick the cyclops.
The number of men left on the ships.
The goddesses that Odysseus doesn't live with.
Odysseus' ego is so low he feels like he is a ...
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What does O do to the men who eat the flower?
Beats them within an inch of their lives.
Laughs and gets the munchies with them.
Ties them to their benches
Leaves them behind
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Passing down a story verbally through generations
bards
epic poetry
mythology
Oral tradition
30
Who give Odysseus the gift of wind?
Circe
Aeolus
Poseidon
Hermes
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How does Penelope prove Odysseus is who he says he is?
Athena changes him back to himself.
She remembers him.
Athena tells her
She tests him
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Naming someone based on their characteristics
epic simile
epithet
metaphor
patronymics
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Patronymics:
an epic simile
referring to their ancestry or parentage
talking down to someone
calling someone by their characteristics
34
Which is an example of patronymics?
Crooked minded Cronus
Dawn with rosy fingers
The cyclops is the son of Poseidon.
Odysseus, son of Laertes
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Who wrote The Odyssey?
Joe Campbell
Odysseus
Homer
Shakespeare
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Which is an example of personification
Rosy fingered dawn
he swished over the ocean.
golden haired nymph
Zeus, son of Cronus
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In the middle of things
patronymics
a blank slate
epic simile
in medias res
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Poseidon is the father of
Athena
Polyphemus
Odysseus
Zeus
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Odysseus has help killing the suitors from
Athena
the swineheard
Telemachus
All of them
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An anthology of stories that reveal our history and beliefs.
mythology
the hero's journey
novel
epic
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Why doesn't Odysseus take all of his men to the Lotus Eater Island?
Everything except the lucky number
He got fooled before.
3 is his lucky number
He was afraid he'd lose men

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