The Odyssey: The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

This drawing depicts

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• The Sirens
• Circe

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This image depicts

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• The Sirens
• Circe

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By heaven! When she vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises.
This is an example of...

• in medias res
• epic simile
• invocation
• hubris

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Why did the crew tie Odysseus to the mast?

• They were trying to overthrow him
• Poseidon told them to
• So he could safely listen to the Sirens
• He couldn't stand on his own.

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How many men does Odysseus lose in this part of the story?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

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