The Odyssey

a story told many times that serves to explain something about the world or a historical event

• epic
• myth
• invocation
• rhapsode

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She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Penelope
• Calypso

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He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.

• Circe
• Charybdis
• Teiresias
• Polyphemus

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Odysseus' wife has been

• waiting for 20 years
• raising their son
• fighting off suitors
• all are correct

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Odysseus has angered

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Hades
• Zeus

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Odysseus tricked the cyclops by

• stealing his sheep
• drinking his wine
• telling him a false name
• hiding in his cave

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By bragging about his name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice
• gluttony
• pride
• envy

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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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