Odyssey book 7

How is Odysseus "disguised" as he enters the city?

• Mist
• Old man
• Merchant
• Invisible

Who gives Odysseus directions to the palace?

• A farmer
• Athena
• A young girl carrying a pitcher
• Nausicaa

How does Athena negate the usefulness of Nausicaa?

• She tells him she is Athena
• She tells him to go to her olive grove
• She repeats her advice
• She tells him to seek Alcinous

What literary technique is used to describe the palace?

• Epithets
• Formulaic description
• Ring composition
• Ekphrasis

What guards the palace?

• Gold and silver soldiers
• Hephaestus
• Gold and silver dogs
• Dog robots

What is describedas "fluttering like the leaves of a tall poplar"?

• The flags on the Phaeacian ships
• The maids at the loom
• The light on the palace walls
• The sun on the statues

Which epithet is NOT used of Odysseus as he enters the palace?

• Godlike
• Patient
• Good
• Much-enduring

What does Odysseus do first?

• Bows down before Nausicaa
• Grasps Arete's knees
• Grasp's Alcinous' knees
• Prostrates himself in the ash

Who speaks first after Odysseus' supplication?

• Nausicaa
• Arete
• Echeneus
• Alcinous

Why is Alcinous suspicious of Odysseus?

• He can sense Athena' presence
• He is wearing clothes made by Arete
• He looks like a god in disguise
• Guests are rare