The Odyssey Review

How many years has Odysseus been away from home in total?

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

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A long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• homeric simile
• epic
• invocation
• muse

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He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Circe
• Homer
• Telemachus
• the Muse

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She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.

• Cyclops
• Calypso
• Scylla
• Penelope

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She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Penelope
• Calypso

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Why does Odysseus decide to stay in the cyclops' cave after they have eaten all the food?

• he just wants to rest
• he thinks that the owner owes him
• he wants to thank the cave's owner
• he feels that the owner of the cave will show hospitality according to Greek custom

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What does the Cyclops do when he discovers all the men, and that they have eaten all his food?

• he eats 2 of the men whole
• he gets more food
• he demands payment
• he kills them all

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The men want to kill the Cyclops, but Odysseus knows they can't do this because then they ________________________.

• won't get more food
• will be stuck in the cave forever
• will have to bury him
• will have to ask the gods for forgiveness

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Odysseus was the mastermind of the ______(a)_____, and he used ____(b)____ to defeat the Cyclops.

• (a) Trojan Horse; (b) intelligence
• (a) Trojan War; (b) physical strength
• (a) The Odyssey; (b) help from the gods
• (a) hero's journey; (b) a spear

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What was Odysseus' one really bad move that is not too smart?

• he forgot one of his men on the island
• he forgot how to get back to the ship
• he forgot to bring food and water back to the ship
• he told the Cyclops his real identity

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