The Odyssey

The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War
• The Civil War
• The Greek War

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Odysseus has angered

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Hades
• Zeus

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The Lotus Eaters enticed the men to

• fight
• stay in their land
• turn into pigs
• mutiny against Odysseus

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By telling Polyphemus his true name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice

• gluttony

• pride

• envy

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The Scylla was

• a giant whirlpool
• a giant cannibal
• a mermaid
• a monster with many heads

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The Charybdis was

• a whirlpool
• a mermaid
• a monster with many heads
• a siren

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Circe was

• a seamonster
• a siren
• an enchantress
• an English teacher

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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 comparison of two unlike things

• myth
• rhapsode
• epic simile
• metaphor

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