The Odyssey, Books 1-12

During what year in the Trojan War does the Odyssey begin?

• first year
• twentieth year
• fifth year
• tenth year

How did the Achaeans (Greeks) win the Trojan War?

• fire arrows
• wooden horse
• steel horse
• cannons

Back in Ithaca, Odysseus' wife Penelope has to deal with ---

• many suitors wanting to marry her
• too many bills to pay
• running out of money
• the Trojans attacking Ithaca

Odysseus's son ____ sets off from Ithaca to go look for his father.

• Poseidon
• Telemachus
• Television
• Telly Savalas

Telemachus visits Menelaus, who tells him that Odysseus is captive on the island of ---

• Calypso
• Hawaii
• Rhode
• No Return

Odysseus leaves Calypso' island on a raft, but ---

• the raft is destroyed in a storm by Poseidon
• he loses all his food
• Zeus burns it with a lightning bolt
• the raft is infested with rats

The night of the Phaeacian festival, Odysseus reveals his name and---

• promises to kill them all
• shares the story of his travels
• asks for news from the gods
• asks their help in fighting Poseidon

Odysseus shares the tale of ---, who gave his men a plant to eat that made them forget about going home.

• Athena
• the Lotus Eaters
• the Hippies
• Zeus

Odysseus also tells about ---, a giant with single eye who ate some of his men.

• the Cyclops
• Superman
• the One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater
• Poseidon

Odysseus and his men escaped from the Cyclops by ---

• poking his eye out with a sharp spear
• bribing him with all their gold
• asking Athena to help them
• tying his shoelaces together