Odyssey Summary Reading

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

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

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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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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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Which goddess is still a supporter of Odysseus?

• Athena
• Hera
• Aphrodite
• Hermes

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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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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.

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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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How is Odysseus able to sneak back into his home without being discovered?

• He wears the cloak of invisibility.
• He dresses like a beggar.
• He dresses like a woman.
• He flies in on Hermes' winged sandals.

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Why does Penelope organize an archery contest?

• She wants to see if the beggar is in fact Odysseus.
• She wants to have fun while Odysseus is away.
• She hopes that one of the suitors will win her hand in marriage.

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What happens at the end of the archery contest?

• Odysseus loses and must return to Circe's island.
• Odysseus's son murders him.
• Odysseus wins, and he and his son murder the suitors.
• Odysseus murders his father.

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