The Odyssey Test Review

Odysseus wants to leave Calypso because

• He needs to get to Circe’s island

• His men ate some of the cattle of Helios

• He is trying to escape from the cylcops

• He wants to get back to Ithaca

Odysseus leaves Calypso's island after she helps him

• build a raft

• find supplies

• draw a map

• collect firewood

how does Odysseus trick the cyclops?

• Odysseus is giving him poisoned wine

• Odysseus is lying about where he received the wine

• Odysseus says his name is “Nohbdy” which sounds like “nobody”

• Odysseus tells the cyclops he is a god

how does the cyclops trick Odysseus?

• The cyclops convinces Odysseus to give him all the wine

• The cyclops promises a gift but the gift is to eat Odysseus last

• The cyclops promises a gift but the gift is to eat Odysseus when he is drunk

• The cyclops promises wine from the gods to Odysseus

The father of Polyphemus is

• Athena

• Hermes

• Poseidon

• Zeus

Which trait of an epic hero does Odysseus show when he ties his men to the rams in Book 9?

• honesty

• courage

• strength

• cleverness

Polyphemus asks Poseidon to

• Fix his damaged eye

• Help Odysseus get home

• Prevent Odysseus from getting home

• Send an army of sea monsters to his island

What happened when the crew opened the bag from Aeolos?

• Nothing

• They found gold and silver and were made rich

• They opened a bag of snakes and unleashed evil into the world

• The bad wind inside the bag blew them all the way back

Who was the captain of the group going to the house of Circe?

• Elpenor

• Tiresias

• Odysseus

• Eurylochus

Circe turns Odysseus’ men into

• Wolves

• Sheep

• Dogs

• Swine