Odysseus and the Cyclops

What are the main characters in the story?

• Odysseus and the cyclops

• Odysseus and the satyr

• The cyclops and the sailors

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Where does the story take place?

• on the sea

• on a mountain, in a cave

• in Troy

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Why do Odysseus and his men enter the cave?

• They enter the cave because they want to sleep.

• They enter the cave because they are friends with the cyclops.

• They enter the cave because they are hungry and they want food.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What does Odysseus say is his name?

• He says his name is Somebody.

• He says his name is Odysseus.

• He says his name is Nobody.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Why are Odysseus and the other sailors terrified?

• They are terrified because the cyclops ate two men.

• They are terrified because the satyr ate two men.

• They are terrified because the cyclops went to sleep.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is Odysseus "brilliant idea" to escape from the cave?

• Odysseus tells the sailors to ride the back of the sheep.

• Odysseus ties the sailors to the belly of the giant sheep.

• Odysseus unrolls the rock from the entrance of the cave.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What does the cyclops do as Odysseus and the sailors are the leaving the island?

• The cyclops throws a big rock at the boat.

• The cyclops waves goodbye to the men.

• The cyclops swims to the boat.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

Who is the nemesis in the story?

• Odysseus

• the cyclops

• the satyr

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Complete the sentence with the right option.

Odysseus is the conqueror of _______.

• Rome

• Greece

• Troy

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Complete the sentence with the right option.

At the entrance of a huge cave, they meet a satyr, who is ___________.

• part cow and part man.

• part horse and part man

• part horse and part woman.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4