The Odyssey: Test Review

Circe turns Odysseus' men into...

• goats
• pigs
• monkeys
• bunnies

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Which of his own relatives does Odysseus see in the Underworld?

• Father
• Mother
• Wife
• Son

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_______:These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and men forget their homes.

• The Lotus-Eaters
• The Sirens
• The Six-headed Syclla
• The Laestrygonians

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Scylla was a ______, and Charybdis was a _____

• the devil; Medusa
• a one-eyed monster; a sinkhole in the ground
• a cannibalistic tribe; a giant king
• a 6-headed monster; vicious whirlpool

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Athena disguises Odysseus as a _______.

• Sailor
• Beggar
• Suitor
• Soldier

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To win Penelope's hand, the suitors must string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through...

• 16 apples
• 9 of her most valued rings
• 5 cow hearts
• 12 ax rings

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Odysseus let _____ of the suitors live.

• Antinous
• Eurymachus
• None
• One

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Odysseus & Penelope's _____ is built around a tree; this is how Penelope knows that the real Odysseus has returned.

• bed
• dresser
• mirror
• altar

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How does Penelope delay her decision to choose a new husband?

• She tricks her suitors by unraveling her weaving every night.

• She travels long and far to search for Odysseus.

• She is very clumsy with the loom and thread and can't weave fast enough.

• Poseidon casts a spell on her.

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How do Odysseus and his men finally escape the Cyclops' cave?

• Odysseus attaches his men to the underbelly of the sheep to escape when Polyphemus lets the sheep out of the cave
• Odysseus convinces Polyphemus to move the boulder away from the door for him
• They dig their way out under a pile of dung
• They are rescued by the other Cyclopes who hate Polyphemus

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