The Odyssey P2 "Penelope's Test"

Why did Penelope test Odysseus?

• to prove he was really her husband

• to prove he was a god

• to see if he was better than the other suitors

• to see if Athena was tricking her

How did Athena change Odysseus's appearance again?

• She changed him back to his normal self.

• She changed him by making him look more like a god.

• She made him look like a giant.

• She made him look like a soldier.

Why was Odysseus annoyed when he was "facing his silent wife" for the first time in 20 years?

• Penelope didn't seem excited to see him

• Penelope looked much older and not as attractive

• He thought Penelope had been cheating on him

• Penelope wasn't making up his bed for him

How did Penelope test Odysseus?

• She told the maid to make up Odysseus's bed outside their room to see what Odysseus's reaction would be

• She told Odysseus that she needed him to string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 socket rings.

• She asked Odysseus to tell her private information that only Odysseus would know

• She asked Odysseus to come look at the bed that Odysseus built with his own two hands

Which quote from The Odyssey (Part 2) shows the proof Penelope needed to determine Odysseus was who he said he was?

• "An old trunk of olive grew like a pillar on the building plot, and I laid out our bedroom round that tree..."

• "Strange woman, the immortals of Olympus made you hard, harder than any."

• "Woman, by heaven you've stung me now!"

• "Athena lent him beauty, head to foot. She made him taller, and massive, too..."

Why was Penelope hesitant to believe Odysseus was the REAL Odysseus at first?

• Other men tried to impersonate Odysseus to trick Penelope

• Some of the gods would disguise themselves as Odysseus

• Telemachus, their son, didn't recognize Odysseus

• She was afraid the suitor, Antinous, was pretending to be Odysseus

Athena commanded that there must be peace between... (Check all that apply)

• Odysseus

• the relatives of the slain suitors

• Telemachus

• the suitors

• the servants of the slain suitors