The Odyssey Books 1-14

Where is Odysseus' home?

• Ithaca

• Troy

• Sardinia

• Egypt

What event caused Poseidon to be angry with Odysseus?

• The Greeks won the Trojan War

• Odysseus did not make a sacrifice before his sea voyage

• Odysseus blinded his son, Polyphemus, and then boasted about it.

• Odysseus ate Poseidon's sacred cows and didn't give thanks.

At the beginning of the story, why did Telemachus call a meeting of the men in Ithaca?

• He needs to help his mother, Penelope, find a husband.

• The suitors at his home are too much and he needs help finding his father, Odysseus.

• He is poor and needs a job so his mother, Penelope, will not lose their home.

• Athena spoke to him and told him his father is still alive.

Finish this analogy:

Odysseus: Ithaca:: Circe: __________

• Egypt

• Mount Olympus

• Cicones

• Corsica

In what place does Odysseus have to drink blood to talk to the ghost of Tiresias?

• The entrance to Hades

• The Laestragonian shore

• Calypso's island

• Mount Olympus

What creature off the coast of Italy lures men to their deaths by singing?

• cyclopes

• lotus eaters

• suitors

• sirens

Which monster is pictured here?

• Scylla

• Demodacus

• Charybdis

• Circe

This is an image of which minor goddess from Greek mythology who Odysseus met on his voyage home?

• Calypso

• Circe

• Athena

• Penelope

Who is depicted in this drawing?

• Polyphemus

• Nestor

• Nausica

• Telemachus

Ancient Greek custom that required people to treat strangers and hosts kindly.

• rhapsodes

• Xenia

• Lotus

• Hades