The Odyssey Books 9-12

Where is Odysseus’s homeland?

• Sparta
• Italy
• Ithaca
• Athens

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Odysseus and his crew attack the men and take captive the women of the

• Cicones
• Cyclopes
• Ithaca
• Sparta

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After 17 days, the second harmless people that Odysseus and his crew encounter

• the Cicones
• Polyphemus
• Circe
• the Lotus Eaters

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Why does the crew lose all desire for home after meeting the Lotus-eaters?

• they don't like Odysseus' lies
• the plant they eat makes them forget
• they found wives among the Lotus Eaters
• they do not want to go home

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What huge mistake does Odysseus make after sailing away from The Land of the Cyclopes?

• He stalls by taking goods from Polyphemous’s cave.
• He enrages Polyphemous who creates a wave and almost gets the ship washed ashore.
• He makes fun of his men for taking so long to unfurl the sail.
• He gets on the ship but has no idea where he is going.

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The name of the Cyclopes is

• Polyphemous
• Antinous
• Circe
• Polysty

Why does Odysseus not kill the Cyclopes right away?

• they need him to move the rock slab from the doorway
• they need him to get Poseidon to forgive them
• they need him to help build a ship
• they need him to help defeat Posiedon

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What name does Odysseus give the Cyclopes?

• Odysseus
• Telemachus
• Paris
• Nohbody

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The plan for getting out of the cave involved

• lotus plants, a fire, and wine
• wine,  a pole, and goats
• goats, a boulder, and Athena
• wine, a mist , and pigs

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After getting out of the cave, Odysseus tells Polyphemus

• where he lives
• where his ship is
• his name
• the name of his son

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