The Odyssey Part 2

One of the things that the Greeks regarded as most offensive to the gods was to

• Sack and burn cities

• Mistreat guests

• Enslave women

• Wear sandals indoors

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The Odyssey includes all of the following themes EXCEPT

• bravery

• Hospitality

• Innocence

• Wisdom

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The passage “By heaven! When she vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises,” refers to

• Circe

• Calypso

• Charybdis

• Scylla

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Which go tells Odysseus he is home and disguises him as an old man?

• Poseidon

• Athena

• Hermes

• Zeus

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Upon his return home, the firest person Odysseus goes to see is

• His son Telemechus

• His faithful swineherd Eumaeus

• King Alcinous

• Penelope

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Which god “tipped her golden swand upon the man, making his cloak pure white and the knit tunic fresh around him. Lithe and young she made him ruddy with sun, his jawline clean, the beard no longer grew upon his chin.”

• Persephone

• Hera

• Athena

• Aphrodite

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Odysseus comes to find his dog Argos

• stronger than when he left

• no longer faithful to him

• Has been treated as rubbish, lying in manure

• Living with one of the suitors

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Upon seeing and recognizing Odysseus, Argos

• Ignores him

• Greets him enthusiastically

• Dies

• Doesn’t recognize him

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Penelope proposes what what kind of contest to win marriage to her as a prize?

• A contest of wits

• An archery contest

• A sword fight

• An endurance contest

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“In the hushed hall it smote the suitors and all their faces changed. Then Zeus thundered overhead, on loud crack for a sign.” The thunder, a sign from Zeus indicates

• Odysseus has disobeyed the gods

• Zeus is challenging Odysseus

• The gods are on Odysseus’ side

• Zeus is displeased with the suitors

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