Odyssey Book 21 quiz #2

In what disguise was Odysseus dressed as when he used the bow and arrow ?

• A beggar

• A slave

• A king

• A servant

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How did Odysseus get his bow?

• He was born with it

• It was given to him by a dear friend

• Telemachus gave it to him

What two suitors seem to be the most rude and confident?

• Antinous and Eurymachus

• Antinuous and Telemachus

• Telemachus and Eumaeus

• Eumaeus and Philoetius

How is "the beggar" treated by the suitors?

• cordially
• kindly
• rudely
• suspiciously

What can be foreshadowed about what will happen in Book #22?

• Everyone will die.
• Penelope will figure out who she wants to marry.
• Odysseus and Telemachus will take on all of the suitors.
• Odysseus and Penelope will live happily ever after.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

How did Zeus show his approval of Odysseus coming back to Ithaca to regain his rightful title as king?

• He warned him about the suitors.
• He gave him armor to fight the suitors.
• He sent down a thunderbolt right before the battle with the suitors began.
• He rigged the bow so that no one could string it besides Odysseus.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is an epithet?

• a brief descriptive phrase used in place of a person's name
• a phrase used to introduce a character
• something put on a tombstone or grave that describes the dead person
• a comparison going on for a great lengths in an epic poem

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What stops Telemachus from stringing the great bow?

• He drops the bow on the ground

• Athena won’t let him string it

• Odysseus signals to him silently

• the Suitors grab it off him

Which Suitor is the first to try stringing the bow?

• Eurylochus

• Eurymachus

• Antinous

• Leodes

While the Suitors are busy with the bow, Odysseus sneaks out to talk to...

• the cowherd and the shepherd

• the cowherd and the swineherd

• the shepherds

• the cowherd and the slave-girls