The Odyssey, Part 1 Test

Who wrote The Odyssey?

• Odysseus
• Homer
• Edgar Allan Poe
• F. Scott Fitzgerald

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Where do we first meet Odysseus?

• When he his telling his story to Alcinous's court
• On Circe's island
• On Calypso's island
• On the Cyclops's island

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did the men eat that made them forget about home?

• Helios's cows
• Circe's potion
• Lotus flowers
• Polyphemus's sheep's milk

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is Polyphemus's father?

• Another cyclops
• Ares
• Zeus
• Poseidon 

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What god do the cyclopes dislike? 

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Zeus
• Helios 

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

What does Odysseus claim his name to be when introducing himself to Polyphemus? 

• Noman
• Somebody
• Zeus
• Odysseus

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How do the men escape the cave?

• They move the door when Polyphemus is sleeping
• They convince Polyphemus to let them go
• They stab Polyphemus in the eye and wait for him to move the rock
• They don't escape the cave

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What do the men hide under the escape Polyphemus's cave?

• Sheep and rams
• Rocks
• Goats
• Cattle

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who curses the men after they leave the cyclops's island?

• Poseidon
• Zeus
• Calypso
• Polyphemus

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is Circe? 

• A mortal woman
• A goddess and an enchantress
• A demi-god
• A siren

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5