Odysseus & Perseus

Odysseus is which of the following?

• a famous actor

• a soldier

• a merchant

• a politician

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Odysseus stops at the island of the Cyclops because

• his ship has been wrecked by high winds and needs repairs

• his crew was running short on supplies and they hope to restock

• he was curious about the monsters that lived there

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Being trapped in the cave of the Cyclops is an examples of which type of conflict?

• internal conflict

• external conflict

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Odysseus begins his first conversation with the Cyclops by

• offering the Cyclops food and wine

• asking for forgiveness for trespassing

• threatening him with Zeus & their warrior status

• reminding the Cyclops of the prophecy that he will be blinded

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Odysseus can't outright kill the Cyclops because...

• the other Cyclops will come and take revenge

• the Cyclops took their swords

• they can't move the stone away from the door

• the sheep are all over and causing too much distraction

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Odysseus realizes that they must ___________ in order to escape.

• blind the Cyclops

• become more humble

• find where their weapons are hidden in the cave

• ask for help from the gods

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In order to blind the Cyclops, Odysseus must first

• convince his men to support him

• get him drunk and passed out

• attempt to plan a safer way to do it to prevent more deaths

• get the sheep inside the cave

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Once the Cyclops is blind, Odysseus still needs to get them out. He does this by

• tying his men under sheep

• tying his men on top of each sheep

• chopping out a big lever to move the stone from the door

• burning the doorway away

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Odysseus almost gets himself caught leaving the cave because he

• taunts the Cyclops as he is exiting

• makes a mistake tying the knots

• loses another two men, bringing the body count up to 8

• takes the leader of the sheep for himself

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When asked his name, Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is Nobody. This later pays off when...

• the Cyclops tries to curse him

• the Cyclops is blinded and calls friends for help

• the Cyclops prays to his father the god Posiden

• Odysseus needs to brag on his accomplishments to his men

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