The Wanderings of Odysseus

The Odyssey was written by Homer. 

• True
• False

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The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War
• The Civil War
• The Greek War
• The Revolutionary War

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Odysseus' wife has been

• waiting for 20 years
• raising their son
• fighting off suitors
• all are correct

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Odysseus has angered

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Hades
• Zeus

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The Lotus Eaters enticed the men to

• fight
• stay in their land
• turn into pigs
• mutiny against Odysseus

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Odysseus tricked the cyclops by

• stealing his sheep
• drinking his wine
• telling him a false name
• hiding in his cave

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The cyclops was the son of

• Athena
• Circe
• Artemis
• Poseidan

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By bragging about his name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice
• gluttony
• hubris
• envy

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The Scylla was

• a giant whirlpool
• a giant cannibal
• a mermaid
• a monster with many heads

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The Charybdis was

• a whirlpool
• a mermaid
• a monster with many heads
• a siren

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