The Odyssey Final Test

Over and over again, Odysseus reveals himself to be an excellent:

• god
• strategist
• husband
• father

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How does Penelope avoid marriage for so long?

• She weaves a shroud during the day, and unweaves it at night.

• She refuses to marry and locks herself in her room.

• Per her agreement with the suitors, she has one more month before she has to choose a husband.

• She has remarried and wants to escape the marriage.

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Why does Telemachus think Odysseus is a god at first?

• He believes it is the ghost of his father.
• He believes Odysseus is a god because he changed from a beggar to a handsome man.
• He showed up with other gods.
• He believes Odysseus is a god because he has powers that the average man does not.

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Why does Penelope wish to speak with the beggar?

• She is annoyed he showed up at her home.
• She wants to know if he has heard news of her husband and if he is alive.
• She wants to choose him as the man she is going to marry.
• She plans to give him food and help him leave her home without any interactions with the suitors.

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An epic hero is a person whose qualities represent those valuable to his or her _____________________. 

• culture or society
• family and friends
• enemies and foes
• character and morals

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An epic is--

• an account of a person's life written by another person
• a long narrative poem that tells about the adventures of a hero
• a novel that describes several generations of a family
• a literary work set in a particular historical period and based on true events

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Which characteristic is not typical of an epic hero?

• He has superhuman strength.
• He has encounters with strange creatures.
• He doubts his abilities.
• He is tested in dangerous battles.

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Which of the following best describes the tone at the END of the Odyssey?

• melancholy
• reflective
• triumphant
• ironic

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What does Odysseus care about the MOST?

• Getting home to Ithaca
• Protecting his men
• Seeing the Cyclops
• Killing the sea monsters

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What is Odysseus' final destination in his journey?

• Cylop's cave

• Ithaca

• Calypso's island

• land of the Lotus Eaters

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