the odyssey

Question 1

2 themes/ lotus eaters

Answer 1

hospitality , deception

Question 2

why lotus eaters dangerous

Answer 2

make people slaves

Question 3

how odysseus outsmart cyclops

Answer 3

drunkness, major theme

Question 4

text structure

Answer 4

a-chronological

Question 5

who writer /first book

Answer 5

homer , Illiad ,about trojan war

Question 6

who was called to help

Answer 6

amuse

Question 7

why cyclops blind not killed

Answer 7

needed help moving rock

Question 8

theme of hubris

Answer 8

seen very early in text

Question 9

2nd theme seen early

Answer 9

going home

Question 10

telemus

Answer 10

wizard told of cyclops injury

Question 11

where od home , why so long , how long

Answer 11

ithaca , trojan war , 10 years

Question 12

his son , wife

Answer 12

telemachus . penelope

Question 13

he od lost his men

Answer 13

eating cattle , justice and punishment

Question 14

how cyclops change events

Answer 14

cyclops pray his dad

Question 15

main trait of fugitive

Answer 15

on the run , noun

Question 16

avenge

Answer 16

to get back at , verb

Question 17

tactic

Answer 17

a well planned strategy , noun

Question 18

men hold me formidable , theme

Answer 18

Hubris

Question 19

how they avoid hearing sirens

Answer 19

wax in the ears odysseus tied to ship , temptation , the sailors are heroes

Question 20

dispatch

Answer 20

send out , verb

Question 21

gods no favor odysseus

Answer 21

when they went between scylla and charybdis

Question 22

sources homer refer to

Answer 22

greek mythology , trojan war

Question 23

where odysseus end up

Answer 23

ends on island with calypso , hospitality

Question 24

how they enrage helios

Answer 24

helios cattle eaten

Question 25

how did od sailors die

Answer 25

they ate cows and drowned , justice and punishment

Question 26

who elepnor

Answer 26

the half dead guy , showed flashback

Question 27

who's tiresius

Answer 27

foretold future , prophet ,foreshadowing

Question 28

odysseus reckless /hubris

Answer 28

yes very reckless

Question 29

source material why greek mythology

Answer 29

references , explain natural causes

Question 30

main themes

Answer 30

justice & punishment

Question 31

who's circe

Answer 31

witch , told tells od future

Question 32

can we trust od

Answer 32

no , he brags too much

Question 33

narrow passage of safety

Answer 33

scylla and charybdis

Question 34

does od have best interest for his sailors

Answer 34

no , looks out for himself

Question 35

cunning&outsmart

Answer 35

when he drunkened cyclops