Hero's Journey Unit Test Prep

What is an allusion?

• Figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike Ideas.
• Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
• The descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader.

Which of the following explains how the term "in medias res" applies to The Odyssey?

• The film version begins with the birth of Telemachus, prior to the Trojan War.
• The text version begins with the death of Odysseus' mother.
• The film version features a variety of gods and goddesses, including Athena, Zeus, and Poseidon.
• The text version begins after Odysseus departs from Calypso's island and begins telling his story to Alcinous.

"Your name has gone out under heaven like the sweet honor of some god-fearing king, who rules in equity over the strong:  his black lands bear both wheat and barley, fruit trees laden bright, new lambs at lambing time---and the deep sea gives great hauls of fight by his good strategy, so that his folk fare well."
The above passage is an example of:

• imagery
• epic simile
• metaphor
• alliteration 

For whom does Odysseus leave his great bow?

• Athena
• Penelope
• Telemachus
• Polyphemus

In the episode between Odysseus and the lead suitor Antinous, how can Antinous be classified?

• the protagonist
• the archetype
• the epic hero
• the antagonist