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Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Homer

• Teiresias

• Menelaus

• Telemachus

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What is a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation?

• epic

• myth

• fiction

• free verse

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What is Odysseus's Trojan War-winning strategy?

• tactical defense

• guerilla warfare

• wooden horse trick

• Olympian trick

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Who is the Greek god of the sky and ruler of Olympian gods?

• Poseidon

• Aelous

• Helios

• Zeus

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Who is the messenger God?

• Aeolus

• Zeus

• Helios

• Hermes

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Who is the goddess of wisdom and war? She serves as a Odysseus's helper.

• Athena

• Ares

• Atlas

• Artemis

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Which goddess keeps Odysseus prisoner for 7 years?

• Penelope

• Calypso

• Persephone

• Circe

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Who is the goddess of magic and lover of Odysseus? She turns men into swine

• Circe

• Persephone

• Penelope

• Calypso

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What is the model of the epic journey?

• Greece

• Troy

• Iliad

• Odyssey

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What is model of epic war?

• Greece

• Troy

• Iliad

• Odyssey

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