The Cyclops

The Cyclops that Odysseus found was named...

• Poseidon

• Penelope

• Polyphemus

• Palladeum

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Who is Polyphemus' father?

• Poseidon
• Zeus
• Ares
• Hades

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What did the Cyclops eat for dinner?

• leaves and grasses
• pasta
• fish
• Odysseus' men

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Which is not a characteristic of Cyclopes?

• They have one eye.
• They are giants.
• They honor visitors.
• They live alone.

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Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is...

• No-man (or Noh-body)
• Odysseus
• Zeus
• Hades

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Polyphemus blocks the entrance to his cave with a

• iron gate
• door
• curtain
• boulder

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Odysseus and his men escape the cave underneath what?

• dogs
• sheep
• horses
• camels

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How did Odysseus disable Polyphemus?

• He and his men gouged his eye with a sharpened stake.
• He and his men stole Polyphemus' chariot.
• He and his men crushed Polyphemus' ship.
• He and his men ate all of Polyphemus' food.

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How did Odysseus and his men make Polyphemus fall asleep?

• They gave him a lotus flower to eat.
• They gave him wine.
• They knocked him out with a club.
• They fed him a whole turkey.

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