The Odyssey (The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis)

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English
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9th Grade
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Rhonda Brewer
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where do Odysseus and his men go after they leave the Land of the Dead?
Aeaea
Aeolia
Thrinakia
the Laestrygonians
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
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the first danger that Circe warns Odysseus about?
Scylla
Charybdis
Helios' cattle
the sirens
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following describes Scylla?
a whirlpool that sucks down everything around it
a monster with 6 heads and 12 legs
woman-like creatures with beautiful voices
the island where Helios' cattle live
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following describes Charybdis?
a whirlpool that sucks down everything around it
a monster with 6 heads and 12 legs
woman-like creatures with beautiful voices
the island where Helios' cattle live
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following describes the Sirens?
a whirlpool that sucks down everything around it
a monster with 6 heads and 12 legs
woman-like creatures with beautiful voices
the island where Helios' cattle live
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
30 sec • 1 pt
How do the men survive the Sirens?
They do not.
They sail away from them.
They make an offering to them.
They plug their ears with beeswax.
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Why doesn't Odysseus tell his men about Scylla?
There is nothing they can do.
They would not sail toward it if he did.
He knows it is better to lose 6 men than all of them.
All of these
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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