The Odyssey
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the "author" of The Odyssey?
Homer
Odysseus
Achilles
Alcinous
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where did the Trojan War take place?
Troy
Sparta
Ithaca
Greece
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How long did the Trojan War last?
10 years
20 years
1 year
100 years
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
AFTER the Trojan War, how long did it take Odysseus get back home?
10 years
20 years
1 year
100 years
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At the beginning of The Odyssey, who is Homer speaking to?
One of the Muses
Odysseus
Zeus
Alcinous (King of Phaeacia)
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which answer BEST describes the following passage?
"...while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home.
But not by will nor valor could he save them.
for their own recklessness destroyed them all--"
Odysseus's goal was to get his men home safe, but his men's own foolishness got themselves killed.
Odysseus's goal was to get his men home, but he couldn't save them.
Odysseus eventually just wanted to save his own life because his men's own foolishness was going to get them killed, as well as himself.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who killed Odysseus's men and why?
The Sun god, Helios; because they killed and feasted on his forbidden cattle
The Sun god, Hermes; because they didn't pray to him first before they killed and feasted on his forbidden cattle
The god of weather, Zeus; because he was angry Odysseus helped win the war
Aphrodite, the goddess of love; because she wanted to punish Odysseus for killing Paris--the prince of Troy.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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