"Sailing from Troy" and "The Lotus Eaters" Reading Check
Authored by Tammy Bohrer
English
9th - 10th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is Alcinous?
Circe's father
Odysseus's father
Odysseus's son
King of Phaeacia
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Where does Odysseus travel to from Troy? This is where his men show no morals.
Ithaca to speak with Tiresias
Phaeacia to speak with King Alcinous
Calypso’s island where he is detained by Calypso
Ismarus island where the Cicone people live
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are Odysseus's goals?
To get rich and meet many women.
To survive and get himself and his crew home.
To please the gods and bring Helen home.
To eat as much lotus he can so he won't have to stop and eat again.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What did Odysseus and his men do to the Cicone people?
Killed many of the men, stole from them, and took the women as their slaves
Brought lotus to them so they would never want to leave
Brought many of them back on their ships to go back to Ithaca
Brought them back to Calypso and Circe
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why were there "6 benches left empty in every ship"?
Odysseus's men wouldn't leave the Land of the Lotus
Odysseus's men stayed with Calypso and Circe
Odysseus lost many men during the battle with the Cicones
Odysseus and his men needed the benches to load and carry lotus home to Ithaca
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a lotus?
A meat source
Magic that causes people to sleep
A bag of wind to help set the ships towards home
A flower
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After Zeus raised a storm, how long was Odysseus drifting along at sea?
10 years
9-10 days
100 days
He was never drifting at sea
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
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