The Odyssey - through Cyclops

Homer relies on the ____________ to aid in telling Odysseus' story.

• Muse
• Cyclopes
• Cicones
• Gods

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Where is Odysseus coming from?

• The Trojan War
• The Great Civil War

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Odysseus is from:

• Scheria
• Ithaca
• Thebes
• Athens

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___________ appeals to Zeus to help Odysseus get home.

• Muse
• Penelope
• Athena
• Ares

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While he has been gone, suitors have been:

• Attacking his cattle and home
• Trying to steal his wife
• Plotting to kill his son
• All of these are correct.

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Over and over again, Odysseus reveals himself to be an excellent:

• god
• strategist
• husband
• father

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For seven years, Odysseus is held captive by:

• Hermes
• Circe
• Calypso
• Polyphemus

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Calypso is instructed to build a raft by _______.

• Zeus, through Hermes
• Zeus, through Athena
• Poseidon, through Hermes
• Hermes, through Athena

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Odysseus, alone, lands on Scheria, where he meets _______ and tells him his tale.

• Polyphemus
• King Alcinous
• Telemachus
• Elpenor

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Who is Laertes' son?

• Polyphemus
• Odysseus
• Poseidon
• Circe

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