The Odyssey Gillian Cross (Last 4 chapters)

Which text best supports why Odysseus was unhappy on Calypso's Island?

• Calypso's "love was relentless... Every day she offered to give him anything his heart desired except the one thing he really wanted."

• "She wouldn't let him leave her island."

• "Odysseus was wretched. He pined for his home, for his wife and son, for his own rocky island of Ithaca."

• "But what can a mortal man do against a goddess? All he could do was dream of going home."

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The text says that "The Gods were watching him [Odysseus]...His misery touched the heart of" which God?

• Athene

• Zeus

• Hermes

• Poseidon

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What is Nausicaa's reaction to finding Odysseus washed up on the beach?

• She screamed and ran off.

• She faced Odysseus and waited for him to speak.

• She hid in the bushes.

• Wisely, she decided to take him straight back to the palace.

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Where did Odysseus spent his first night back on Ithaca?

• On the beach

• with the shepherd boy's family

• in the palace

• in his swineherd's hut

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Who helped Odysseus regain his throne?

Check all that apply.

• Penelope

• Telemachus

• Eurycleia

• Eumaeus

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How did Penelope know for sure that the beggar was truly Odysseus?

• She tricked him by asking to move the bed.

• She recognized him in his own royal clothes.

• Telemachus told her that is was his father.

• Eurycleia insisted that the beggar was Odysseus.

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