The Odyssey Review

Odysseus' home is on

What does Calypso indicate will happen if Odysseus stays on her island in Book 5?

• His wife will join him there.

• Calypso will turn him into a pig.

• Calypso will give him great riches.

• Odysseus will become immortal.

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Odysseus leaves Calypso's island after she helps him...

• build a raft

• find supplies

• draw a map

• collect firewood

Circe warns that men who listen to the song of the Sirens will

• turn into pigs

• crash on the rocks

• think of their wives

• obey Odysseus

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Odysseus chooses not to tell his men the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he...

• worries that his men will think he is lying

• hopes that Zeus will appear and save his men

• knows that his men will panic and stop rowing

• fears that his men will change course

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How does Odysseus prevent himself from being lured by the Sirens' song in Book 12?

• He has his men tie him to the mast.

• He puts beeswax in his ears.

• He shouts to block their song.

• He asks Circe for a potion.

How many men does Scylla kill?

In the Underworld, who tells Odysseus about his future?

• Terrance

• Tiresias 

• Theresa

• Telemachus  

Which sentence best summarizes the reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus in Book 16?

• Telemachus is at first suspicious that the gods are tricking him and then overjoyed that his father has returned.

• Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar, and then he is outraged that Telemachus does not recognize his own father.

• Telemachus is bitter toward Odysseus because of the pain and suffering he endured as a boy growing up without a father.

• Telemachus thinks of the swineherd as his father and does not want to accept Odysseus back into his life.

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Who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus on Ithaca when he returns?

• Telemachus

• Eumaeus

• Penelope

• Athena

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