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Odyssey Summary Reading

Authored by Courtney Lowe

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 8+ times

Odyssey Summary Reading
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the story opens, how many years have passed since the Trojan War ended?

5
10
15
20

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is Ithaca, and who is Penelope?

Odysseus's son and wife
Odysseus's home and wife
Odysseus's home and son
Odysseus's crew and temptress

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is happening at Odysseus’s home while he’s away?

The fisherman is taking care of his son.
His wife remarried another man.
His son has taken over the house and is acting like a tyrant.
Men who want to marry his wife are living at his home.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which goddess is still a supporter of Odysseus?

Athena
Hera
Aphrodite
Hermes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is Calypso?

Odysseus's wife
The goddess who helps out Odysseus
A sea goddess who imprisons Odysseus on her island
A witch who turns all of Odysseus's men into pigs

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why does Poseidon “harbor a bitter grudge” against Odysseus?

Odysseus didn't offer him a sacrifice.
Odysseus blinded his son, Polyphemus.
Odysseus tricked him into letting him sail home.
Odysseus's ship littered oil in the sea.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Odysseus has many adventures. How does he tell of these adventures? 

He's telling his wife at their dinner table.
He's on the island of the Sirens.
He writes a book when he returns home.
He is telling his story on the island of the Phaeacians.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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