What effect does eating the lotus flower have on Odysseus’ men?

They forget their homeland and want to stay on the island forever

They become focused on their mission to return to Ithaca

What could the test of the lotus eaters symbolize (how does it apply to our journeys today)?

Distractions that prevent us from achieving our ultimate goals

Temptations that restore our will to succeed

Strange customs of different lands

Important steps to becoming a hero

That Odysseus is willing to stab Polyphemus, but remembers that doing so would prevent his and his crew's ability to escape the cave shows

Odysseus is brave and intelligent

Odysseus is a tender-hearted guy

Odysseus is a weak and timid leader

Odysseus's hubris and arrogance

What do Odysseus and his men do to the Cyclops?

Get Polyphemus drunk and stab out his eye

Sing Polyphemus a soothing song and steal his cheese

Take Polyphemus's best ship and return to Ithaca

Make Polyphemus swear a god's oath for peace

How does Odysseus show his fatal flaw (Hubris) as he is escaping the Cyclops's island?

He reveals his real name to the Cyclops because he wanted Polyphemus to know exactly who blinded him

He encourages his crew to keep rowing even after Polyphemus throws a boulder at the ship

He makes the crew turn around because he forgot his wallet in the cave

He makes his crew tie him to the mast of the ship so he wouldn't be tempted to kill Polyphemus

What is the Cyclops’s curse on Odysseus?

If he does get home, make it be a long time and a difficult journey and he loses all his men

If he does get home, it will be with a different ship and things will be a mess on Ithaca

At the beginning of the epic, Odysseus is being held captive by whom?

Odysseus is held captive by Calypso.

Odysseus is held captive by Poseidon.

Odysseus is held captive by Polyphemus.

Odysseus is held captive by Circe.

According to Telemachus, what is the problem in Ithaca?

The palace has been overrun by suitors who refuse to leave.

The country is on the verge of a civil war.

Thieves keep stealing the livestock.

What happened to Elpenor?

He fell off a roof and broke his neck while drunk.

He was run over by a runaway reindeer.

He fell off a ship and drowned because he was drunk.

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.

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

He disguised himself as a beggar

Which piece of evidence BEST supports Nausicaa's motive for going to the river?

"I want to take all our dirty clothes to the river and wash them."

"Papa dear, could you manage to let me have a good big waggon?"

"You shall have the mules, my love, and whatever else you have a mind for."

"You have five sons at home, two of them married, while the other three are good looking bachelors."

Which detail BEST reveals the Greek's code of xenia?

"We must be kind to him, for strangers and foreigners in distress are under Jove's protection, and will take what they can get and be thankful"

"Stay where you are, you girls. Can you not see a man without running away from him?"

"Then they stood on one side and went to tell the girl, while Ulysses washed himself in the stream and scrubbed the brine from his back and from his broad shoulders."

"The maids left off running away and began calling one another back"

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which god/goddess acts as a mentor to Odysseus once he returns to Ithaca?

Athena

Apollo

Zeus

Calypso

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What is Odysseus disguised as?

A Trojan warrior

A swineherd

An old man

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Who does Odysseus visit first when he returns to Ithaca?

Penelope

Eummaeus

Telemachus

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What does Telemachus originally think Odysseus is?

A ghost

A god

A Siren

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Who recognizes Odysseus immediately?

Laertes

Argos

Eumaeus

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What does Odysseus's dog do not long after Odysseus returns?

Runs away

Attacks Odysseus

Dies

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How do the suitors treat Odysseus?

They respect him

They mock him

They try to kill him

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The Odyssey Quiz Books 1-19

Which god/goddess acts as a mentor to Odysseus once he returns to Ithaca?

What is Odysseus disguised as?

Who does Odysseus visit first when he returns to Ithaca?

What does Telemachus originally think Odysseus is?

Who recognizes Odysseus immediately?

What does Odysseus's dog do not long after Odysseus returns?

How do the suitors treat Odysseus?

What effect does eating the lotus flower have on Odysseus’ men?

What could the test of the lotus eaters symbolize (how does it apply to our journeys today)?

Because of the Greek belief that guests are protected by the gods and had to be treated with great courtesy, Odysseus warns the Cyclops that “Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.” (In other words, Zeus will be on Odysseus's side.) This Greek value is called

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