Odyssey Books 21, 22, 23 Comprehension Check

Name the Speaker: "Shrewd Penelope, ...we would feel ashamed if some rude person said, 'Those men are weak! They court a fighter's wife, but cannot string his bow!...we will be humiliated!"

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Eurycleia

• a Suitor

Name the Speaker: "...it is my fault. I am to blame. I left the heavy door of the storeroom ajar."

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Eurycleia

• a Suitor

Name the Speaker: "Dear child, wake up and see! At last you have got your wish come true! Odysseus has come!"

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Eurycleia

• a Suitor

Name the Speaker: "Dogs! So you thought I would not come back home from Troy? ... Now you are trapped in the snares of death!"

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Eurycleia

• a Suitor

Name the Speaker: "You are an extraordinary man! ...make the bed for him outside the room he built himself. Pull out the bedstead and spread quilts and blankets on it."

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Eurycleia

• a Suitor

Describe the one instance in which Telemachus did not follow his father's orders exactly.

Homer says that, "When the couple had enjoyed their lovemaking, they enjoyed another pleasure..." What is this other "pleasure"?

• feasting

• sacrificing to the gods

• Olympic games

• story telling

• picking out new furniture

When Athena joins Odysseus in his battle against the suitors, she does so disguised as his old tutor named ____________. (spelling and capitalization counts)

Who does Odysseus visit on the morning following the slaughter of the suitors?

• his faithful servants

• Laertes

• Athena

• Eurycleia

• all the artists in Ithaca