Wednesday, May 10 Bellringer

What do Odysseus and his men use to attack the Cyclops?

• their swords, but they turn out to be to small to really hurt cyclops

• a 6-foot stake they carve out of a log in the cave

• nothing; they simply outwit him

• Cyclops's own weapon; a ready-made spike they find

What does Odysseus first tell the cyclops his name is?

• Nohbdy

• Laertes' son

• Poseidon

• Ralph

How do Odysseus and his men escape the cave?

• Odysseus gets the cyclops drunk then tricks him into opening the stone slab and they run out

• they run out after they blindfold the Cyclops

• the other men come to rescue them, just in time

• Odysseus his men to the bottom of rams, so cyclops doesn't know they are escaping

What is the cyclops' name?

• Son of Poseidon

• Cyclopsee

• Telemachus

• Polyphemus

What does the Cyclops first throw at Odysseus' ship?

• a dung pile

• a hilltop

• a giant rock

• his best ram