The Odyssey Part I (pages 472-481)

Who wrote The Odyssey?

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• William Shakespeare

• Homer

A muse is a(n) _____________ person.

• inspiring

• annoying

• strong

• dead

What problem is foreshadowed in the prologue?

• Odysseus will die.

• All of Odysseus' men will die.

• Odysseus will never get home

• Odysseus will stay with Calypso forever.

Odysseus defeated the Trojans, but it took him __ years to defeat them before he could start his journey home.

Where is Odysseus' first stop after leaving Troy?

• Calypso

• Ismaros

• Ithaca

• Phaeacia

___ men were killed at Ismaros because they were ____

• 144 because they were attacked by cyclopes who were angry that they stole their sheep and cheese.

• 144 because they were drunk and mutinous which allowed the Cicones to get help to attack them.

• 12 because they were drunk and mutinous which allowed the Cicones to get help to attack them.

• 12 because they were attacked by cyclopes who were angry that they stole their sheep and cheese.

Infer why Odysseus does not take all of his men to explore the Land of the Lotus Eaters after what happened at Ismaros.

• He learned from his mistakes.

• He wanted his men to rest.

• He was prideful and didn't care.

• He thought it couldn't happen again.

True or False: The Lotus Eaters mean no harm to Odysseus' men.

• True

• False

Odysseus has to tie his three men to their ship benches in The Lotus Eaters adventure because _______.

• They were stealing too much food.

• They were almost killed.

• They wanted to stay forever.

• They were drunk.

Cyclopes live in a ____.