English 1 The Odyssey Review

Who is Philoetius ?

• Odysseus’ wife

• a servant in Odysseus’ household

• a race of one-eyed giants; an individual member of the race is a Cyclops

• cannibal inhabitants of a distant land

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Who is Penelope ?

• Odysseus’ father

• creatures, part woman and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death

• Odysseus’ wife

• the goddess of war, wisdom, and cleverness; goddess of crafts

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Who is Tiresias?

• a blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld

• a servant in Odysseus’ household

• a goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea

• a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster

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Which character turns Odysseus' men into animals

• Athena

• The Cyclops

• Calpso

• Circe

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Which God helps Odysseus along his journey ?

• Hermes

• Poseidon

• Athena

• Calypso

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Which character is a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster

• Helios

• Charybdis

• Scylla

• Aeolus

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In Part 1, Odysseus is telling his story to which the king of the Phaeacians ?

• Eurymachus

• Persephone

• Laertes

• Alcinous

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Who takes helps care of Odysseus' son while he is gone?

• Eumaeus

• Telemachus

• Eurycleia

• Laestrygones

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Helio is

• the goddess of war, wisdom, and cleverness; goddess of crafts

• the ruler of the Greek gods and goddesses; father of Athena and Apollo

• the sun god, who raises his cattle on the island of Thrinacia

• creatures, part woman and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death

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This image would most likely be on which Island ?

• The Island of the Lotus Eaters

• The Island of Calypso

• The Island of the Cyclopes

• The Island of the Great King

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