Odyssey Unit Test

Question 0

Main God. Rules Mt. Olympus

Answer 0

Zeus

Question 1

Blind seer who made prophesies in the underworld and in the ending chapters

Answer 1

Tiresias

Question 2

Messenger God

Answer 2

Hermes

Question 3

The Odyssey is a…

Answer 3

Epic/quest

Question 4

Polyphemus is a…

Answer 4

Cyclops

Question 5

Works written by Homer

Answer 5

The Odyssey

Question 6

This term describes literature aimed at teaching

Answer 6

Didactic

Question 7

Another name for the Greeks

Answer 7

Achaeans

Question 8

Aphrodite is the Goddess of

Answer 8

Love

Question 9

Sea Nymphs who lured sailors with their songs

Answer 9

Sirens

Question 10

Kidnapped Helen:

Answer 10

Paris

Question 11

The lotus eaters symbolize this important literary idea

Answer 11

Escapism

Question 12

This enchantress lives on the island Aeaea and turns Odysseus’ men into swine

Answer 12

Circe

Question 13

A dangerous rock in the Straits of Messina, portrayed as a six headed monster

Answer 13

Scylla

Question 14

According to Odysseus, he is famous for bring

Answer 14

Brave and cunning

Question 15

Agamemnon’s wife

Answer 15

Clytemnestra

Question 16

How long was Odysseus away from home

Answer 16

20 years

Question 17

Who is Odysseus’ mother?

Answer 17

Anticleia

Question 18

The Greeks won the Trojan war

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Helen was the erode of Menelaus

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Respect for the gods was very important to the Greeks

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Odysseus should have chosen to lose his men to Charybdis rather than Scylla

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Circe gave Odysseus help and advice

Answer 22

True

Question 23

When he first returns home, Odysseus keeps his identity a secret to see who is loyal

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In the battle against the suitors, Telemachus shows that he is weak and a coward not suitable to be Prince

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Odysseus shows patience and good planning in the way he deals with his return and battle against the suitors

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Penelope is very clever like Odysseus

Answer 26

True

Question 27

By the end of the epic, Odysseus is a better hero than he was at the beginning

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Even though the Odyssey was written a long time ago, it still has ideas and lessons that are still relevant today

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Mythology is always fictional

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The odyssey contains some very valuable historical information

Answer 30

True

Question 31

In quest epics, the lessons behind the journey are as important as the journey itself

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Mythology can help us to understand our own tests and trials

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Mythology incorporates a lot of science but has little to do with our own lives

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Penelope is considered an ideal wife

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Athene firsts visits Telemachus disguised as

Answer 35

Mentes, a mighty warrior

Question 36

Telmachian plot structures

Answer 36

Have a subplot that mirrors the main plot

Question 37

On his journey, Telemachus hears about the Trojan war from

Answer 37

Athene

Question 38

The "face that launched a thousand ships"

Answer 38

Helen

Question 39

When we first meet Odysseus, he is

Answer 39

Crying on the beach

Question 40

Odysseus' behavior towards Nausicaa is

Answer 40

Courteous

Question 41

What describes Calypso and her island

Answer 41

Immortal

Question 42

Calypso offers Odysseus ____ if he will become her husband

Answer 42

Immortality

Question 43

He tells calypso that Zeus has ordered her to release Odysseus

Answer 43

Hermes

Question 44

The crucibles episode demonstrates

Answer 44

Bravery

Question 45

The lotus plant causes Odysseus' men to

Answer 45

Forget about home

Question 46

"Noman" is

Answer 46

Odysseus

Question 47

What describes the cyclops?

Answer 47

Self centered

Question 48

Aeolus gives Odysseus

Answer 48

A bag of winds

Question 49

In the underworld, Odysseus meets

Answer 49

His mother

Question 50

Both the Cyclops episode and the Sirens episode show aspect of Odysseus'

Answer 50

Curiosity

Question 51

Who represents loyalty

Answer 51

Penelope & Eurycleia

Question 52

Scylla and Charybdis represent the idea of

Answer 52

Being faced with two bad choices

Question 53

What is the homeland of Odysseus?

Answer 53

Ithaca

Question 54

When odysseus first returns, Athena disguises him as

Answer 54

A beggar

Question 55

Who treats Odysseus badly

Answer 55

Antinoos and Irus

Question 56

The contest of the bow episode shows

Answer 56

Odysseus' strengths and skill

Question 57

Penelope's final test for Odysseus is

Answer 57

Catch her in the bedpost trick

Question 58

The old nurse recognizes Odysseus by

Answer 58

A scar

Question 59

Penelope's reaction to Odysseus when he tells of his adventures

Answer 59

She doesn't believe him

Question 60

In the final episode when Odysseus and Penelope are together, Athena

Answer 60

Convinces Zeus to help in a battle of the suitors

Question 61

The scene with Odysseus and his dog shows

Answer 61

The loyalty of argus

Question 62

Where did Odysseus hide his chest of treasure when he arrived

Answer 62

In a cave

Question 63

Mention some motif in the odyssey

Answer 63

Sleep/awakenings, disguises, water/bathing transformations, animals becoming human

Question 64

Odysseus quest is a search for

Answer 64

Identity

Question 65

What does mythology incorporate

Answer 65

History, fiction, psychology, philosophy