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2016 Bloxom 9arts Odyssey & vocabulary quiz
2016 Bloxom 9arts Odyssey & vocabulary quiz
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Who is Athena?
goddess who holds the hero captive
goddess who favors the hero
goddess of winds
the greatest Greek hero
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What is the name of the hero's son?
Alcinous
Achilles
Telemachus
Hector
3
Definition: cautious, acting with great care
wary
ambidextrous
bereft
insidious
4
Definition: to corrupt, to make worse by adding something of lesser value
reiterate
augment
deploy
adulterate
5
Definition: to stare with open mouth
verbatim
guise
gape
gibe
6
Who is the god of winds?
Aeolus
Achilles
Hermes
Elpenor
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How does Hermes travel to Calypso's island home?
on supple sandals, skimming the waves like a tern
traveled by boat
through the water on the back of a dolphin
flying on wings near the sun
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Where is Odysseus' home?
Ithaca
Mount Olympus
Rome
Troy
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Definition: courage in facing difficulties
opulent
intimation
fortitude
dour
10
What is "The Odyssey" ?
a boat
a play
an epic poem
a novel
11
What is the name of the blind prophet Odysseus must go see in the House of Death?
Thebes
Persephone
Tiresias
Telemachus
12
What is the best description for the overall setting of The
Odyssey
?
In Troy after the Trojan War
A long time ago in Greece
Ancient Greece in the area of the Mediterranean Sea
Medieval times in Italy
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What does Calypso offer Odysseus if he stays?
a child
power and beauty
wealth
immortality
14
Definition: experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
tentative
stolid
unkempt
pliable
15
What is the name of Circe's island home?
Ithaca
Sicily
Aeaea
Aegeus
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Definition: wealthy, luxurious
intimation
dour
fortitude
opulent
17
What does Odysseus do when he is finally safe on land at the end of Book 5?
he kisses the earth, covers himself with leaves and sleeps
He finds an empty shepherd's hut and sleeps there
he makes a sacrifice to the god of earthquake and sea
He finds the palace of King Alcinous and asks for shelter
18
What was the Trojan Horse?
the Trojan trick that won the war
public statue in Ithaca
a show horse bred for racing
the Greek trick that won the war
19
What happens when someone eats a lotus ?
they lose all desire for anything except the lotus
it transforms you into an animal
they become aggressive and kill everyone nearby
it makes a person sick
20
Which of Odysseus' men fell off Circe's roof and dies, to be seen later in the House of Death?
Aeolus
Elpenor
Hermes
Achilles
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Definition: stern, unyielding, gloomy
opulent
dour
fortitude
intimation
22
Who is Alcinous?
god of earthquake and sea
god of winds
Odysseus' son
king who asks Odysseus for his story and sails him home
23
Definition: deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
bereft
ambidextrous
insidious
wary
24
Definition: to utter taunting words
guise
gibe
verbatim
gape
25
Definition: able to use both hands equally well; very skillful
wary
ambidextrous
insidious
bereft
26
What is a homeric or epic simile?
a detailed comparison that is many lines in length
a term for when the hero speaks
a brief comparison using like or as
a term for the opening of an epic poem
27
Definition: not combed; untidy; not properly maintained
tentative
unkempt
stolid
pliable
28
Definition: a hint or indirect suggestion
dour
opulent
fortitude
intimation
29
Who is the messenger god?
Elpenor
Hermes
Aeolus
Achilles
30
Who is Penelope?
the hero's son
epic hero of "The Odyssey"
the god of the sea
the hero's wife
31
Definition: not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
stolid
pliable
unkempt
tentative
32
Who wrote "The Odyssey"?
Odysseus
Shakespeare
Homer
Athena
33
What is the name of the epic hero in this ancient poem?
Odysseus
Achilles
Alcinous
Telemachus
34
What deadly herb does Hermes give Odysseus to protect him from the witch's spell?
Alcinous
Moly
Rosemary
Deathbane
35
Why don't Odysseus' comrades make it back to Ithaca?
They eat the lotus and stay with the lotus eaters
they eat the Sungod's cattle and are punished
They decide to stay with Circe
The god of winds murders them
36
Definition: to say again, repeat
adulterate
reiterate
deploy
augment
37
Who is Achilles?
goddess who holds the hero captive
god of winds
goddess who favors the hero
the greatest Greek hero
38
Definition: an external appearance, cover, mask
gibe
gape
guise
verbatim
39
Definition: word for word
gape
verbatim
guise
gibe
40
Definition: to position or arrange, to utilize
reiterate
deploy
adulterate
augment
41
Definition: to make larger, increase
augment
reiterate
deploy
adulterate
42
Definition: easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
unkempt
stolid
pliable
tentative
43
Definition: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; treacherous, sly
insidious
wary
ambidextrous
bereft
44
What law do Polyphemus and the Suitors both break?
It is wrong to want to marry someone already married
It is wrong to steal
One must show strangers hospitality
It is wrong to kill
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What does Athena tell Telemachus that gives him hope?
that Hermes is going to give him Moly
that his mother must remarry one of the suitors
that he is to tell the suitors to leave
that his father is alive
