The Odyssey: Books 13-18

True or False: As retribution for helping Odysseus, Zeus allows Poseidon to drop a mountain on the Phaeaceans?

• True
• False

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Why doesn't Odysseus recognize Ithaca?

• He has been gone so long that the landscape has changed.
• Athene creates a mist around him, making all seem unfamiliar.
• Ithaca has been enchanted by Zeus.
• He has simply forgotten what his homeland looks like after such a long absence.

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How does Athene disguise Odysseus so that he may travel around Ithaca in secret?

• as a blacksmith
• as a sailor
• as a beggar
• as a God

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What does Eumaeus ask the disguised Odysseus not to do?

• speak of his lost master's imminent return
• make fun of his profession
• sit at his dining table
• anger the gods in any way

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Where does Telemachus go as soon as he lands in Ithaca?

• Eumaeus's home
• Artemis's shrine
• the royal palace
• a mountaintop to make a sacrifice to Athene

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What does Athena tell Telemachus in a dream while he is in Sparta?

• to make a sacrifice to Poseidon immediately

• to not trust Menelaus

• to prepare for war

• to return home by an alternate route

Telemachus does not recognize his father right away when he reveals himself.

• True

• False

What does Antinous try to convince the other suitors to do?

• leave Ithaca immediately

• plead with Odysseus and Telemachus for mercy

• find and murder Telemachus

• take Penelope hostage

Which god/goddess watches over and guards Telemachos' journey home?

• Athena
• Poseidon
• Ino
• Zeus

Odysseus' most faithful servant the swineherd is named _____ ?

• Eumaeus

• Telemachos

• Elpenor

• Eurycleia