The Odyssey & Characterization Test

What is Odysseus' hometown?

• Sparta
• Ithaca
• Ismarus
• Thrinacia

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The Cyclops is the son of...

• Zeus
• Hermes
• Apollo
• Poseidon

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Odysseus _______, which resulted in the Cyclops placing a curse on Odysseus.

• revealed his true name
• stole his favorite ram
• ate his cattle
• said he hated the gods

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Circe turns Odysseus' men into...

• goats
• pigs
• monkeys
• bunnies

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Who gives Odysseus a plant called moly to protect him from the sorcery of Circe?

• Hermes
• Eumaeus
• Athena
• Eurylochus

Odysseus is sent from Circe's island to the Land of the Dead to hear a prophesy from _______

• Anticlea

• Elpenor

• Homer

• Tiresius

The leaders of the suitors are...

• Antinous & Eurymachus

• Polites & Elpenor

• Eurylochus & Anticlea

• Eurybates & Hades

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Which of his own relatives does Odysseus see in the Underworld?

• Father
• Mother
• Wife
• Son

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_______:These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and men forget their homes.

• The Lotus-Eaters
• The Sirens
• The Six-headed Syclla
• The Laestrygonians

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Scylla was a ______, and Charybdis was a _____

• the devil; Medusa
• a one-eyed monster; a sinkhole in the ground
• a cannibalistic tribe; a giant king
• a 6-headed monster; vicious whirlpool

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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