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

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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.

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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

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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

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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..."

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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

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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

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