Trojan War/Odyssey Intro

the blind storyteller who told the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Homer

• Simpson

• Achilles

• Shakespeare

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a long poem that tells about the adventures of the hero, who reflects the values of his culture

• epic poem

• epic simile

• play

• myth

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An epic begins with an invocation or ______________ to the gods

• chant

• prayer

• song

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When a story is written in medias res, it begins . . .

• in the middle of the plot

• at the start of the plot

• with the ending of the plot line

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The Odyssey and The Iliad were written to illustrate the values of which culture?

• Greek

• American

• Trojan

• European

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The Trojan War began because

• Odysseus made Poseidon angry.

• Aphrodite helped the Trojan Paris steal Helen from her Greek husband.

• Achilles wanted to earn glory.

• Poseidon convinced Odysseus to start it.

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Who fought in the Trojan War?

• The Greeks and the Persian army

• the Greeks and the people of Troy

• The Greeks and the Athenians

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Which of these is one of the 3 major faults taught through The Odyssey?

• stubborn

• cruel

• pride

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Who came up with the Wooden Horse Trick?

• Odysseus

• Menelaus

• Prince Paris of Troy

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Name of Odysseus's wife

• Penelope

• Athena

• Circe

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