Why couldn't Odysseus stop the men from touching the cattle?

He was stuck on a different island

Athena told him to leave them alone

What is Tiresias‟s warning to Odysseus?

completely avoid Helios‟s cattle

return to Circe‟s palace to bury Elpenor

What is Homer‟s purpose for including the series of heroes and lesser divinities whom Odysseus encounters in Hades

The audience is being given a glimpse of the remarkable mythology of Greece.

It makes Odysseus proud to be a Greek and to have been associated with such heroes

It foreshadows his encounter with the suitors and how they will meet their ends.

Odysseus will now have stories to regale his men with as they sail for Ithaca.

What is the significance of the Hades portion of the epic?

It connects the poem‟s expansive settings.

It introduces the possibility that Odysseus might actually make it home.

It showcases Odysseus‟s story-telling talents.

It illustrates the importance of bards in ancient Greece.

How does Book 12 generate excitement?

There is tension between goals and obstacles, perils and temptations.

Odysseus is still relating his tale to the Phaeacians in the king‟s palace.

Odysseus‟s nostos is thwarted yet again.

The picture of Odysseus lashed to the mast at his own behest induces sympathy.

The Odyssey - Book 11 & 12

Authored by Brittany Lane

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9th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do Odysseus and his men go at the beginning of Book 12?

Ogygia

Aeaea

Phaecia

Thrinacia

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Circe tells Odysseus and his men not to do what?

Sail past Charybdis and Scylla

Touch Helios' cattle

Sail at night

Make Poseidon angry

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When passing the Sirens, what do the men (NOT Odysseus) use to keep from being seduced?

Wax

Rope

Blindfolds

Spears

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Odysseus keep himself from being seduced by the Sirens?

Ties himself to the ship

Kills the Sirens with his spear

Puts on a blindfold so he doesn't see them

He volunteers to stay behind

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which monster sucks up water 3 times a day and spits it out 3 times a day?

Cyclops

Scylla

Charybdis

Sirens

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which monster has 6 heads?

Cyclops

Scylla

Charybdis

Sirens

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On whose island do Odysseus and his men land where there are cattle?

Helios

Circe

Aeolus

Calypso

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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The Odyssey - Book 11 & 12

Where do Odysseus and his men go at the beginning of Book 12?

Circe tells Odysseus and his men not to do what?

When passing the Sirens, what do the men (NOT Odysseus) use to keep from being seduced?

How does Odysseus keep himself from being seduced by the Sirens?

Which monster sucks up water 3 times a day and spits it out 3 times a day?

Which monster has 6 heads?

On whose island do Odysseus and his men land where there are cattle?

What do the men do with the cattle?

Why couldn't Odysseus stop the men from touching the cattle?

Who punishes Odysseus and his men for touching the cattle?

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