2024-25 SCA Tie Breaker

2024-25 SCA election
tie breaker
A normal way that a normal teacher would run a class election.

Multiple Choice

Who wrote The Odyssey?

• Homer

• Emily Wilson

• Robert Fagles

• Mr. Dolson

Multiple Choice

Who translated The Odyssey?

• Homer

• Emily Wilson

• Mr. Dolson

• No one. Homer wrote in English.

Multiple Choice

Into what genre of poetry does The Odyssey fit?

• lyric

• haiku

• epic

• limerick

Multiple Choice

In Book V, Homer interrupts the action by having Odysseus tell the Phaeacians of the adventures he had before arriving on their island. What is this literary device called?

(BTW, the island on which the Phaeacians live is called Scheria.)

• flashback

• caption

• unreliable narrator

• theme

Multiple Choice

What does in medias res mean?

• in the middle of the rescue mission

• in the middle of things

• before the beginning

• after the end

Multiple Choice

What can you infer from the phrase "She offers hope to all, sends notes to each."

• Penelope is indecisive.

• Penelope is terrible at weaving.

• Penelope loves attention.

• Penelope can read and write.

Multiple Choice

How old was Telemachus when Odysseus left Ithaca?

• 0

• 12

• 20

• 30

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes Homer?

• singer (aoidos)

• rhapsode (song-stitcher)

• poet (poetes)

• Ohio

Multiple Select

What does xenia mean?

• in medias res

• hospitality

• friendship

• homecoming

Multiple Select

Whose homes does Telemachus visit?

• Nestor

• Agamemnon

• Menelaus

• Hector

Multiple Choice

Who is the father and king of all the gods?

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hades

• Dionysus

Multiple Choice

Who killed Agamemnon?

• Elektra and Helen

• Orestes and Telemachus

• Iphigenia and Achilles

• Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

Multiple Choice

Who killed Iphigenia?

• Agamemnon

• Achilles

• Menelaus

• Odysseus

Multiple Choice

Who killed Clytemnestera?

• Iphigenia

• Elektra

• Orestes

• Agamemnon