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The Odyssey Characters

Authored by Dawn Morton

English

9th Grade

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The Odyssey Characters
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta, her abduction by the Trojans sparked the Trojan War.

Circe

Helen

Homer

Luertes

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Former King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus and commander of Achaean forces at Troy. Odysseus encounters his spirit in Hades. He was murdered by his wife and her lover upon his return from the war.

Telemachus

Homer

Agaenmon

Tiresuas

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The beautiful daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of the Phaeacians. She discovers Odysseus on the beach at Scheria and ensures his warm reception at her parents' palace.

Telemachus

Nausica

Helen

Athena

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Queen of the Phaeacians and mother of Nausicaa. She is intelligent an influential.

Helen

Nausica

Arete

Alcious

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

King of the Phaecians, who offers Odysseus hospitality in his island kingdom of Scheria. He provides him safe passage back to Ithaca.

Telemachus

Laertes

Polythemus

Alcious

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Odysseus' aging father, who lives on a farm in Itaca.

Telemachus

Polythemus

Poseidon

Laertes

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

One of the Cyclops who imprisions Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them. Odysseus blinds him and angers his father, Poseidon.

Homer

Polythemus

Agaenmnon

Tiresias

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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