Odysseus's Return and Revenge

Odysseus's main concern in terms of defeating the suitors has to do with

• whom he can trust.

• how many there are.

• whether they will recognize him.

• whether Athena will be on his side.

His treatment of "the beggar" reveals that Antinous is all of the following EXCEPT

• rude.

• cruel

• cowardly

• confident

The benefit Penelope sees in marrying one of the suitors is that this would

• please the gods.

• allow her to begin a new life.

• stop the ruin of Telemachus's inheritance.

• give her the safety of a husband's protection.

The test that Penelope sets for the suitors is a measure of their

• courage

• cleverness

• love for her

• physical skill

Odysseus keeps from answering Penelope's questions by claiming that

• he has lost his memory.

• these matters are none of her business.

• it is painful to recall the past.

• the discussion should center on her, not on him.

When "the beggar" first takes up Odysseus's bow, the suitors react with

• scorn

• interest

• fear

• jealousy

Telemachus does not, at first, believe Odysseus's claim of who he is, thinking instead that he is actually

• a god

• a beggar

• a shepherd

• another suitor

Penelope sees Antinous as "a blacker-hearted hound than any" because of his actions toward

• her

• "the beggar"

• other suitors

• the servants

The story about Penelope's weaving is important MAINLY because it reveals

• despair

• cleverness

• domestic skill

• loyalty to Laertes

By the end of Odysseus's Return, Odysseus has revealed who he is to

• Penelope

• the suitor Antinous

• Penelope's servant Eurynome

• his servants, Eumaeus and Philotius