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The Odyssey: Books 10, 11, 12

Authored by Katie Isch

English

9th Grade

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The Odyssey: Books 10, 11, 12
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Circe tells Odysseus that he must first speak to whom in the Land of the Dead?

Hades

Tiresias

Poseidon

His Mother

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When Odysseus arrives on Aeaea, he sends a team of two dozen scouts to investigate the area. The men do not return because

They feast on a drug-like flower

They are turned into pigs

They plunder Circe's castle for treasure

They have yet another barbecue

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In the Underworld, Odysseus learns that

Calypso still longs for him

Circe is going to trick him

He will return home alone

Penelope has left him

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

While in the Underworld, Odysseus runs into his mother and learns that

she has died

Penelope has left him

his son is up to no good

Zeus is really his father

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What monsters will Odysseus and his men encounter first, according to Circe?

Shades
Sirens
Scylla 
Charybdis

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Odysseus do to protect his men from the Sirens?

Plugs their ears with beeswax.
Ties himself to the mast of the ship.
Tells the men to row on quickly and sternly.
Helps the men capture Scylla and Charybdis.

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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How did Odysseus know six men would be eaten by Scylla? Choose all that apply.

That is what Circe told him would happen.

That is how many heads Scylla has.

The monster will eat one man for each gullet.

Odyssey does not know.

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