Odyssey Notes

True or False?
An epic is a short story.

• True
• False

True or False?
An epic is a long narrative poem.

• True
• False

True or False?
Hubris is a positive quality for a person to have.

• True
• False

True or False?
A hero is a coward.

• True
• False

A Homeric simile is a(n) _______________________ between something the audience can't have seen and something they would have been familiar with.

• epic poem
• technique of starting in the middle of the story
• extended comparison
• hubris

Artistic license is also known as

• dramatic license
• poetic license
• narrative license
• all of the above

In the in medias res technique, the story starts in the _____________.

• beginning
• middle
• end
• none of the above

The in medias res technique uses a ______________ to tell what happened earlier in the story.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• both of the above
• none of the above

Hubris always results in

• rewards
• immortality
• punishment
• all of the above

An epic includes elements of 

• myth and legend
• folklore
• history
• any of the above