Quiz - The Odyssey Part 2 (Books 6-13)

After Odysseus leaves Calypso, his ship is wrecked and he washes up on the shore of the Phaeacians. The daughter discovers him naked by the river. What is her name?

• Nausicaa
• Narcissus
• Nancy
• Naomi

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Odysseus finally tells his tale to the Phaeacians. One of the places they stop is called the Land of the _________ Eaters. When some of the men eat the _____________ flower, they forget all about going home. Their only desire is to consume more of these ____________ flowers. What is the name of the flower the men are eating?

• lentil flowers
• linen flouers
• lowest flowers
• lotus flowers

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The next place Odysseus and his crew find is the home of Polyphemus. Who is Polyphemus?

• A cyclone who is the son of Zeus
• A monster who is the son of Athena
• A cyclops who is the son of Poseidon
• A cyclops of no importance

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To escape the cyclops, Odysseus blinds him. As the ships are leaving the harbor, Odysseus calls back to Polyphemus to brag that it was he, Odysseus of Ithaca, who blinded him. What did the Greeks call this sense of exaggerated pride?

• hubris
• debris
• hummus
• hubbub

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In Book 10, Odysseus and his crew arrive at the island of Aeolus, the keeper of the winds. Aeolus provides them with a steady breeze home, and they almost make it to Ithaca. What do the soldiers open while Odysseus is sleeping that makes them return to the island of Aeolus?

• A magical box that transports them back to Aeolus
• A bag of wind that Aeolus had given to Odysseus
• An enchanted bag of water that pushed them back to Aeolus
• A bag of small monsters that made the men sail back to the island of Aeolus

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Aeolus was angry and would not help the men again. Next, they landed in the land of the Laestrygonians. Here, the men had to run for their lives because the Laestrygonians were ___________________, so they killed and ate as many Greeks as they could get ahold of.

• cannibals
• cannabis
• cannolis
• cabbies

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By the time Odysseus and his men got away from the Laestrygonians, there was only one ship left. This ship then made landing on Circe's island. Circe is an enchantress, sometimes called a witch, who turns Odysseus's men into ________________.

• chickens
• frogs
• horses
• pigs

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The men are on Circe's island for a year before Zeus's messenger, Hermes, helps them escape. As they are leaving, Circe informs Odysseus that he will never make it home unless he travels to the land of death and consults with a blind prophet first. What is the name of this blind prophet?

• Tiresias
• Tibalt
• Toby
• Telemachus

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After speaking with the blind prophet, Odysseus and his remaining shipmates had to sail past mythical creatures who sang such sweet songs that they lured sailors to their deaths on the rocks at the shoreline. Being clever, Odysseus stopped the ears of his men with wax, but he tied himself to the mast of the ship so he could listen to the beautiful songs as they passed by. What are these mythical creatures who sing so sweetly and kill sailors?

• Seniors
• Seranades
• Sirens
• Senoritas

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Charybdis is a ___________________________ that would sink the ship and kill them all. Instead, Odysseus chooses to sail past Scylla, a __________________________ who grabs six sailors at once and eats them.

• whirlpool, six-headed monster
• god, goddess
• siren, cyclops
• cyclops, siren

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