The Odyssey Books 1-4

What role does Athena play in causing Telemachus to start searching for his father?

• She does nothing.

• She presents choices to him and encourages him.

• She talks Penelope into letting him go.

• She gets the suitors to be on his side.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How has Penelope shown she is a match in cleverness for her husband Odysseus?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What happens when Telemachus tries to evict the suitors who have been hanging around his home?

• They don't respect him.

• They make plans against him.

• They willingly leave.

• They throw food at him.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

From what you have seen of Athena, how does she demonstrate her domain is wisdom?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What lesson is learned from these lines: "But not by will nor valor could he save them,/for their own recklessness destroyed them all---" (10-11)

• Rely on the gods.

• Sometimes men get themselves in trouble.

• Men are just pawns.

• Never eat beef.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a "mentor" today?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Provide one example of dramatic irony we see in these first four books.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which type of irony is demonstrated by the fact Telemachus has to join in to honor Poseidon when it is actually Poseidon who is keeping Odysseus away from home.

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The Odyssey has served as the basic model for which one of the following types of epics?

• the coming-of-age epic

• the epic of the long journey

• the epic of the broken heart

• the war epic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Odysseus’ wife tricks her suitors by unraveling the shroud at night. In the character of Penelope, as you recall why she unravels it, Homer embodies the Greek virtue of

• cunning

• hard work

• loyalty

• thrift

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