Odyssey Part 2 Review

What does Odysseus disguise himself as when he returns to his home in Ithaca?

• A servant

• A beggar

• A woman

• A soldier

What happens when Odysseus sees his dog, Argus, for the first time in 20 years?

• Argus does not recognize him.

• Argus attacks Odysseus for trespassing.

• Argus recognizes him and then dies.

• He finds Argus has been adopted by one of the suitors.

What does Odysseus find when he returns home?

• His house has been overrun by Penelope's suitors.

• His son has taken over his throne.

• His father has died while he was away.

• Penelope has remarried and forgotten Odysseus.

What is being compared in the following simile:

The stool he let fly hit the man’s right shoulder on the packed muscle under the shoulder blade— like solid rock, for all the effect one saw.

• A man to a rock.

• Muscle to a stool.

• A stool to rock.

• Muscle to rock.

What is an epic simile?

• A simile, but cooler.

• An extended simile comparing two things; typically spans several lines.

• A type of figurative language that gives human traits to non-human objects.

• An extreme exaggeration.

What does Odysseus do to the suitors?

• He yeets them out of his home.

• Along with Telemachus, Athena, and his servants, he kills them all.

• He welcomes them to stay and thanks them for taking care of his wife.

• He prays to the gods to punish them.

What is the challenge that Penelope gives the suitors?

• Weave a mourning shroud for Odysseus.

• Hunger Games style fight to the death.

• Shoot an arrow through 12 ax handle sockets with Odysseus' bow.

• Battle the cyclops.

Which of the following traits does Penelope show?

• Loyalty

• Deceit

• Timid

• Sarcastic

How does Penelope test Odysseus?

• She tells him she no longer loves him.

• She asks him questions about their life before he left.

• She tells him that she married his brother.

• She tells him she has moved their bed.

How does Penelope trick the suitors while Odysseus is away?

• She tells them tradition states she must wait five years before remarrying.

• She tells them that Telemachus gets to choose who she marries.

• She tells them she needs time to weave a mourning shroud, but keeps taking it apart at night.

• She just ghosts them.