The Odyssey Test

Question 1

Antinous

Answer 1

Leader among the suitors

Question 2

Argus

Answer 2

Odysseus dog (he remained loyal)

Question 3

Athena

Answer 3

Goddess of wisdom, skills, and welfare

Question 4

Calypso

Answer 4

Sea goddess who loved Odysseus

Question 5

Charybdis

Answer 5

Enormous and dangerous whirlpool

Question 6

Circe

Answer 6

Enchantress who helped Odysseus

-She transforms half of the m en into swine

Question 7

Epithet

Answer 7

-lure sailors to their destruction;

Question 8

Eumaeus

Answer 8

Old swineherd and friend of Odysseus

Question 9

Flashback

Answer 9

Memorie of an event or time

Question 10

Helen

Answer 10

Queen of sparta, and the most beautiful woman in the world (caused the whole trojan war)

Question 11

Helios

Answer 11

Cattle of the son god

Question 12

Laertes

Answer 12

Odysseus father(killed antinous father)

Question 13

Odysseus

Answer 13

King of Ithica (who was in troy for 20 years)

Question 14

Penelope

Answer 14

Odysseus wife

Question 15

Polyphemus

Answer 15

The cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus

Question 16

Poseidon

Answer 16

God of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea

Question 17

Scylla

Answer 17

Sea monster of gray rock

Question 18

Sirens

Answer 18

Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths

Question 19

Telemachus

Answer 19

Odysseus and Penelopes son

Question 20

Zeus

Answer 20

King of the Gods

Question 21

How did Odysseus try to avoid war?

Answer 21

pretending he is crazy

Question 22

How did Telemachus help Odysseus get his revenge?

Answer 22

• by discussing the doubts and the advantages of the plan
• they have Athena signaling the plan, move all gear of war in vaulted rooms, when questioned by suitors Telemachus knows to respond with specific statements, they will leave weapons and armor for their own use, and they will find loyal people that could help them
• when he took the weapondry of the suitors and waits for the signal

Question 23

How does Odysseus defeat Polyphemus? Why does he allow him to live?

Answer 23

So he will move the stone

Question 24

How does Penelope decieve the suitors?

Answer 24

Penelope is not herself with out Odysseus so she tells beggar she is not interested in the suitors

• weaved in great hall
• Asked to finish before she married
• Everyday she wove
• Every night she undid it
• 3 years
• Maids caught her
• had to finnish

Question 25

How is lotus a threat to Odysseus and his men?

Answer 25

If they eat it it makes them lose their desire to go home

Question 26

How is the land of the Cyclopes described and how is it different from traditional Greek culture of this time?

Answer 26

- It is described as very peaceful, and soothing with sweet grass and streams. - This is different from traditional greek culture because this is very peaceful and the greek culure is not,????????

Question 27

In which places does Odysseus lose all of his Men?

Answer 27

the cyclops cave, scylla, and when zeus hits the boat with the lightning bolt(criptis)

Question 28

What are myths?

Answer 28

Describes the actions of gods or heroes or exlplains the rogins of elements of nature

Question 29

What contest or impossible task does Penelope propose for her suitors?

Answer 29

- a challenge - stringing Odysseus bow and arrow, and being able to shoot it through 12 ax handles - she will marry the one that can

Question 30

What do Circe and the Sirens have in common?

Answer 30

They like ato attempt in destroyment

Question 31

What does Circe turn Odysseus men into?

Answer 31

Turned them into swine(pig)

Question 32

What does Odysseus try to do when he meets the ghost of his mother?

Answer 32

He trys to hug her

Question 33

What gift does the Cyclops promise to Odysseus in return for the wine?

Answer 33

To eat his friends first but Odysseus would be last to eat

Question 34

What happens in the land of the Lotus eaters?

Answer 34

They eat the lotus and lose their desire to go home and odysseus ties them to a boat

Question 35

What happens to Argos when he finally sees his master?

Answer 35

he dies

Question 36

What happens to these suitors?

Answer 36

They all die

Question 37

What is an epic?

Answer 37

A long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of heroes across great spans of time and place

Question 38

What is Odysseus best known for during the Trojan War?

Answer 38

The trojan horse

Question 39

What leadership quality does Odysseus portray when he chooses Scylla over Charybdis?

Answer 39

the fact that he will lose a few men for the good of the group

Question 40

What literary device is shown in the curse of the Cyclops>?

Answer 40

Forshadowing

Question 41

What role does Athena play at the resolution of the epic?

Answer 41

-she was the one who first told Odysseus to reveal to Telemachus and tell him the plan -She also lends Odysseus beauty and makes him more attractive (more taller, more massive, and gave him crisping hair,and curls his petals) I'm

Question 42

What was his biggest mistake on his journey home?

Answer 42

Telling polythemis his name

Question 43

Where do Telemachus and Odysseus finally meet?

Answer 43

eumas hut

Question 44

Where does the beggar go after Antinous hits him with a stool and why?

Answer 44

Penelopes palace

Question 45

Where is Odysseus when he is first introduced in the story?

Answer 45

Cylipsos island

Question 46

Where is Odysseus home?

Answer 46

Ithica

Question 47

Which god works against Odysseus?

Answer 47

Amphinomus, when he charges Odysseus

Question 48

Which of Homers epics is a primary model for a long journey? For war?

Answer 48

The Ialid

Question 49

Who composed the Odyssey?

Answer 49

Homer

Question 50

Who were heroes perceived as in Homers day?

Answer 50

As royalty but right below goddesses and gods

Question 51

Why does Penelope not trust Odysseus when he first reveals himself to her?

Answer 51

Because she believed that he was dead for so long?????

Question 52

Why doesnt Odysseus kill the Cyclops Polyphemus?

Answer 52

Needs him to move the stone

Question 53

Why is the story of Argus important?

Answer 53

Because... - Odysseus trained him when he was a puppy, Argus grew as old as Odysseus was in troy - He was mistreated while Odysseus was in troy - Argus was very loyal, he waited at the gate for Odysseus to return - Argus did not feel safe enough to die until he saw Odysseus after he returned to troy 20 years later

Question 54

In a short essay explain how Odysseus shows his cleverness and wit in the episodes with the Cyclops and with Penelope at the end of the story. In your essay explain how you feel about the character of Odysseus: Is he totally admirable? Is he like a modern hero, or does he seem old fashioned today?

Answer 54

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