The Odyssey - Sailing from Troy

Where was the last place Odysseus went to before he was finally able to go home?

• Phaeacia

• Land of the Dead

• Ismarus (Cicones)

• Troy

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Which king promised Odysseus a ship home if Odysseus told his story?

• Alcinous, King of Phaeacia

• Alcinous, King of Troy

• Paris, Prince of Troy

• Paris, King of Ismarus

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Why did Calypso and Circe imprison Odysseus?

• They loved him

• They hated him and his men

• His men ate Helios's cattle

• They were told by Zeus to detain him.

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Where did Odysseus and his men go immediately AFTER they left Troy?

• Phaeacia

• Land of the Dead

• Ismarus (Cicones)

• Calypso's Island

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What does "plunder" mean?

• To take something by force

• To take something after it's been left behind

• To eat and feast on food and wine

• To kill a person or an army

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After Odysseus and his men "plundered" the Ismarus island, what did Odysseus command his men to do?

• Get back to the ships and go home

• Enslave all the women and kill all the Cicones people

• Pray to the gods that they don't get in trouble

• Capture all the cattle and eat it

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Which quote BEST describes Odysseus's men rebelling against him and acting reckless?

• "My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine."

• "...we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all--"

• "Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents?"

• "And this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends."

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After Odysseus's men had to fight the fugitives that arrived on Ismarus, how many men were lost?

• Six benches were left empty in every ship

• Five benches were left empty in every ship

• 5 or 6 men from each ship were dead

• 100 men from each ship were dead

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