The Odyssey Review Quiz: Three Episodes

The MAIN PROBLEM highlighted by the PROLOGUE is

• the gods anger at Odysseus

• the hero needs to find his way home

• there are problems when he gets home

• his family assumes he has died at Troy

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The purpose of the prologue is to

• say what happened BEFORE the events of the story

• to provide a summary of the main events

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CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

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The first episode of the Odyssey begins

• at the very end of the story

• in media res

• at the very beginning

• at the end of the hero's life

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

After leaving Calypso's island, the hero washed up on the island of King Alcinous. This is fortunate because

• the two were war buddies at Troy

• Alcinous owes Odysseus a debt (a favor)

• the Phaeacians were world class sailors

• the gods are mad at Odysseus

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The Greek custom of HOSPITALITY is known as

• Metis

• Xennia

• Hubris

• In Media Res

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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

Hubris is

• hospitality

• excessive pride

• devotion to the gods

• a bone in the body

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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

Odysseus displays HUBRIS when

• be brags about his real name

• when he tells Polyphemus his name is Nobody

• when he lies about his ship breaking up

• when he feeds the Cyclops wine

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Odysseus METIS is

• super-strength

• supernatural knowledge from the underworld

• cleverness

• bravery

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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The hero's defining trait is

• xennia

• hubris

• metis

• in media res

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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In the Land of the Lotus Eaters the men

• refuse to return to the ship

• fail to listen to Odysseus's instructions

• are punished for the hero's mistakes

• none of these choices

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9