The Final Odyssey Test

Who is credited with writing "The Odyssey"?

• Odysseus

• Homer Simpson

• Zeus

• Homer

When is The Odyssey set?

• Before the Trojan War

• During the Trojan War

• After the Trojan War

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an epic poem?

• it is a long narrative poem

• it has a vast setting

• it is rooted in tradition of a particular society

• it is completely focused on human deeds

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an epic hero?

• has a tragic flaw/weakness

• Is expected to overcome many difficult tasks

• is able to complete his task without making sacrifices or encountering danger

• has qualities, such as extreme bravery, that are enhanced beyond normal humans

Which of the following best describes the hero's journey?

• A hero begins in an unknown world and struggles alone against a great evil to reach his ordinary world again.

• Begins with an ordinary life, but is compelled to take a hero journey into the unknown. With help, the hero overcomes challenges and returns a changed person.

• A hero eagerly heads out to find a magical world and fight everything he sees so he can rule the world as a more powerful, wiser person.

• After becoming powerful and important a hero misses his old life, so he returns to the unknown to be destroyed so he can come back as his old, ordinary self and return to his old ordinary life.

Which best describes what happens after the hero's final battle or test according the The Hero's Journey?

• The hero finds a bigger and badder enemy to fight to keep challenging himself again and again.

• The hero gets married and lives happily ever after.

• The hero becomes the ruler of the unknown and stays there as a new, more powerful person to rule and bring good to all of the people there.

• The hero is reborn as a changed person and returns to his ordinary world with the power to help and bring good to people.

How does The Odyssey begin?

• With a prologue that gives us an overview of what will happen.

• With an invocation to the muse.

• With a poem about Penelope crying.

• With a sonnet

Why are the Lotus Eaters dangerous?

• They try to eat Odysseus' crew.

• Their flowers make you never want to leave.

• Their song leads people to their deaths.

• They will suck an entire ship down to the bottom of the sea.

Provide one example of hospitality that we see in either Ithaca OR Phaeacia.

• Crying

• Staying without being welcome

• Feasting

• Killing the monsters

How does Odysseus get his crew away from the Lotus Eaters?

• He carries them back to the ship.

• He tricks the Lotus Eaters into setting them free.

• He doesn't. They all die there.

• He sneaks them out under a flock of sheep.