Odyssey Books 10-11

The favor that King Aeolus does for Odysseus is. . .

• he puts all of the stormy winds into a bag

• he gives his men free rations for a week

• he guides him to the calmer oceans

• approaches Poseidon and asks him for forgiveness for Odysseus

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More of Odysseus's men are killed and eaten by the gigantic cannibals called. . .

• the Cyclopes

• the Laestrygonians

• The Goliaths

• The Sasquatch

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The following quotation describes which character?

"Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom

she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven."

• Penelope

• Athena

• Circe

• Nausicaa

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Circe turns Odysseus's men into. . .

• chickens

• women

• sheep

• pigs

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Hermes, the messenger god gives Odysseus an antidote for her spells. Homer calls it a. . .

• Molu

• Manju

• Mango

• Melon

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The antiodote works and as a result Odysseus is persuaded to stay there and partake in feasting and other pleasures.

• True

• False

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Once in the underworld, Odysseus must perform a rite to get the ghosts to speak to him. What must he do?

• Let them drink the blood of the animal sacrifice

• Cross the river Styx

• Pray to Persephone to let them speak

• Become a ghost himself

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Tiresisas warns Odysseus that he must do what to get home safely?

• Not let his men eat the cattle of Lord Helios

• Beg Poseidon for forgiveness

• Go straight home and avoid any more islands

• None of the above

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Tiresias tells Odysseus that about the suitors and what he must do to rid them of his house.

• True

• False

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Odysseus meets and speaks to his _____________ in the underworld.

• Father

• Brother

• Uncle

• Mother

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