Odyssey Book 5

What message has Hermes come to Calypso's Island (Ogygia) to deliver?

• Odysseus is banished to Hades
• Calypso is to free Odysseus
• Penelope has remained faithful to Odysseus
• Helios will sink Calypso's island if he doesn't get his cattle back

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What offer does Calypso make Odysseus to get him to stay with her?

• Ambrosia
• Freedom
• Immortality
• Revenge

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What is the great warrior, Odysseus, doing when we first meet him?

• Crying, longing for home
• Hunting on Calypso's wooded island
• Weaving a tapestry
• Plotting revenge

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Calypso, once representing a challenge for Odysseus on his Hero's Journey, now represents his helper when she:

• Weaves him a tapestry to take back to Ithaca
• Offers him Ambrosia and honey
• Promises him a raft and supplies to help him return to Ithaca
• Refuses to allow him to leave her island

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What happens to Odysseus after he leaves Calypso's island?

• He sails his new raft directly to Scheria.
• He sails home to Ithaca.
• He is captured at sea by the Phaeacians. 
• His raft is destroyed by a storm Poseidon sends

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How does Odysseus finally get to Scheria?

• Only with the help of Athena and a sea nymph, symbolizing his reliance on the gods
• Only with the help of Princess Nausicaa, symbolizing his reliance on strangers
• Only on a make-shift raft built with materials lent by Calypso, symbolizing his humility
• Only with the help of Poseidon, symbolizing his friendship

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How does Odysseus show that he is clever when he evades Calypso's question in Book 5?

• By acknowledging that Calypso is more beautiful than Penelope
• By comparing Penelope to other mortals and focusing on the concept of "home."
• By being brutally honest that Penelope is more beautiful than Calypso ever could be
• By avoiding answering the question entirely and focusing on the raft

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