The Odyssey Review

Part One of The Odyssey (Books 1-12) tell the story of...

• Odysseus’s travels and heroic deeds.

• Odysseus’s descriptions of the Trojan War.

• Odysseus’s bitter homecoming.

• Odysseus’s conflicts with the gods.

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Which of the gods/goddesses contributes most to Odysseus’s wanderings and why?

• Athena because of her anger over the Trojan War.

• Athena because she was jealous of Odysseus’s relationship with Penelope.

• Poseidon because he was testing Odysseus’s loyalty to the gods.

• Poseidon because he wanted to punish Odysseus for blinding his son, Polyphemus.

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What can be inferred about Odysseus’s relationship with his crew?

• He has an “every man for himself” mentality.

• He cares deeply about his crew.

• He can’t wait to get home and get away from the crew.

• He sees weaknesses and lack of decision making from his crew.

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An important overall theme for The Odyssey is

• the weak can defeat the strong.

• nothing is as important as one’s home and family.

• fear is man’s greatest weakness.

• curiosity can cause many problems.

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How does Odysseus best use his wit to defeat the Cyclops?

• stabbing his eye out

• telling Polyphemus his name is “nohbody”

• getting Polyphemus drunk on wine

• putting bees wax on the ears of his men

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Odysseus’s’ most defining characteristic and the reason he is beloved of Athena is his ….

• physical strength.

• courage.

• physical beauty.

• intelligence.

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An example of internal conflict in The Odyssey occurs when…

• Odysseus must blind the cyclops and rescue his men

• Odysseus’s men are turned into swine by the sorceress Circe

• Odysseus must choose whether to sail closer to Scylla or Charybdis

• Odysseus and his men must escape from the Laestrygonians

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