The Odyssey - Books 1 - 8

Who plotted against and killed Agamemnon?

• His son and daughter
• His wife and her new husband
• His own men that fought by him in war
• His brother

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Who wrote the Odyssey?

• Homer
• Odysseus
• Telemachus
• Plato 

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Who is the goddess who tries to help Odysseus?

• Penelope
• Calypso
• Athena
• Circe 

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Which character is a sea nymph that has Odysseus on her island?

• Homer
• Athena
• Calypso
• Penelope

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Odysseus is the king of which country?

• Troy
• Ithaca 
• Sparta
• Athens 

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Who makes Odysseus' journey more difficult?

• Hermes
• Athena
• Posedion
• Penelope 

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What is Odysseus' wife's name?

• Penelope
• Athena
• Aphrodite
• Calypso 

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What is Odysseus' son's name?

• Polyphemus
• Homer
• Telemachus
• Melanthius 

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Which god delivers a message to Calypso about Odysseus to let him go?

• Zeus
• Hermes
• Apollo 
• Poseidon

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What war did Odysseus fight in after he left Ithaca?

• World War
• Greek War
• Trojan War
• Ithanican War

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