The Odyssey Book 12

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

• Shades
• Sirens
• Scylla 
• Charybdis

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When Odysseus and his men returned from the Underworld, who did they have a funeral for?

• Telemachus- Odysseus's son

• Eurylochus- Odysseus's 2nd in command

• Hades- God of the Underworld

• Elpenor- One of Odysseus's men

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How is Scylla described physically?

• Giant Dolphin monster

• Twelve dancing legs and six long necks

• 20 heads and six legs

• Giant whirlpool monster

When Odysseus and his men arrive at Helius's island, what's the one order Circe gives them?

• Sacrifice their best ewe

• Be as quiet as possible

• Don't dock your ship

• Don't touch the cows

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Who is Charybdis?

• Whirlpool monster

• 20 legged, six headed monster

• Greek God of Winds

• Singing monster who draws in sailors through song

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Ever heard of the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place?" What difficult choice does Odysseus have to make in this chapter?

• Putting wax in his ears or his mens

• Sailing North or South

• Staying with Circe or returning to Ithaca

• Sailing between Charybdis or Scylla

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What did Zeus do in response to the men eating a cow?

• Threw lightning bolts and destroyed Odysseus ship, killing all of his men. Woah.

• Nothing, he was surprisingly okay with It.

• Sunk his ship with help from Poseidon

• Order Charybdis to drag down Odysseus's ship, killing all of his men.

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How did the men justify killing one of Helius's cows?

• They were hungry and thought that was a good enough reason

• Killed one when Helius wasn't looking

• Said that Odysseus would probably do the same thing

• They would construct a Temple to the Sun God

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What saved Odysseus from drifting into the reach of Scylla?

• A fig tree branch

• Changing of the tides

• Poseidon

• A pine tree branch

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At the end of Book 12, where did Odysseus end up?

• Ithaca

• Back at Circe's island

• Calypso's island

• Helius's island

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