Odyssey

The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War

• The Civil War

• The Greek War

• None of the above

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The Lotus Eaters enticed the men to

• fight each other

• stay in their land

• turn into pigs

• rebel against Odysseus

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The cyclops was the son of

• Athena
• Circe
• Zeus

• Poseidon

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By bragging about his name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice

• evil

• pride

• envy

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Odysseus was trying to return to

• Troy
• Sparta
• Ithaca
• Athens

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The cyclop's real name was

• Telemachus
• Poseidan
• Polyphemus
• Fred

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a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• simile

• epic

• metaphor

• personification

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He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Circe
• Homer
• Telemachus
• the Muse

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She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Penelope
• Calypso

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In the cave of the Cyclops, what did Odysseus first tell the Cyclops his name was?

• Menelaus

• Nohbdy

• Laertes

• Odysseus

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