The Odyssey: Land of the Dead

Who tells Odysseus and his men to go to the Land of the Dead?

• Zeus

• Circe

• Calypso

• Hermes

What animals does Odysseus sacrifice to attract the ghosts?

• Cow and Goat

• Horse and Pony

• Lamb and Ewe

• Dinosaur and Unicorn

While in the Land of the Dead, what ghosts does Odysseus speak to?

• Anticlea

• Laertes

• Elpenor

• Tiresias

• Other people

Which is the ghost Odysseus is actually sent to retrieve a prophecy from?

• Tiresias

• Anticlea

• Elpenor

• The others

How did Elpenor die?

• Circe stabbed him.

• He was killed in the Trojan War.

• He was one of the men killed by the Cyclops.

• He fell off of Circe's roof.

How did Anticlea die?

• She was poisoned by her husband.

• She died of a broken heart.

• She was homesick.

• She had a stroke.

Who is Tiresias?

• A blind prophet

• Odysseus' father

• Circe's son

• A god in disguise

True or false: Tiresias prophesies that Odysseus and his crew will encounter Lord Helios' cattle.

• True

• False

True or false: Tiresias prophesies that if the crew eat the cattle, they will reach home safely.

• False

• True

Tiresias prophesies that:

When Odysseus returns home, he will find...

• His family happily waiting for him.

• His house overcome by men courting his wife.

• His son dead.

• True love.