The Odyssey

Describe how the Lotus Flowers affect men who eat them? 

• They make people sleepy

• They're like a drug and men forget home

• They make people angry and want to fight

How can the Cyclops be described?

• He is angry at the Gods for giving him only one eye

• he is a gentle man who is kind to everyone

• He is huge with one eye and not nice

What did the Cyclops do in response to Odysseus saying that he should give them gifts and be kind to them to please the gods?  

• He laughed & then ate two of Odysseus's men

• He gave them bread and wine

• He offered up some of his sheep to Odysseus

How did Odysseus and his men get Cyclops to sleep so they could attack him? 

• They knocked him out with a blow to the head

• They gave him sleeping pills

• They got him drunk so he'd pass out

Explain how Odysseus and his men attacked Cyclops.  What did they do to him and what did they use?

• They got him drunk & then stabbed him in the eye with a spear

• They hit him in the knees so they could escape from him

• They gave him Lotus Flowers to make him high

After blinding the cyclops, how do Odysseus and his men escape the cave?

• They move the giant rock and escape

• They hang on to the underneath the sheep

• They find a secret exit and leave the cave

As Odysseus and his men are escaping from Cyclops, what does Odysseus do to anger the Cyclops again? 

• He stabs the Cyclops

• He spits in the cyclops eye

• He tells Cyclops his name and brags how smart he is

What did Odysseus tell Cyclops his name was?

• He says his name is Nobody

• He gives his real name

• He tells him his name is Athena

When Odysseus gets to the Land of the Dead, who does he see that surprises him and makes him sad?

• He sees his son

• He sees his childhood dog

• He sees his mom

What does Odysseus do to protect his men from the Sirens?  (How does he prevent them from hearing the Sirens song?)

• He makes them put wax in their ears

• He makes them all sit in the bottom part of the ship

• He forces them all to put on headphones