The Odyssey - Remediation review Spring 24

The author of The Odyssey is:

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Homer

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A ________ performs in front of an audience by reciting an epic poem from memory.

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The story begins somewhere in the middle of the plot. The literary term used to describe this convention is

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The Greeks get inside the walls of Troy by using a strategy known as the ________.

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Odysseus’ father is ________ and they both live on the island of ________.

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On the FIRST island, Odysseus and his men went ashore and “stormed that place”, but ended up fighting against an army and losing six rows of men per ship before they finally escape. Who are the people responsible for these losses?

• Scylla

• Cicones

• Trojans

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Odysseus and his men are defeated by these people of the first island for all the following reasons EXCEPT

• They think the men are friendly at first

• They get drunk

• They leave the island when Odysseus tells them to

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When Odysseus yells back at Polyphemus as his crew escapes, he exhibits which of the following?

• Guile

• Hubris

• Stubbornness

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What is the meaning of Polyphemus' words in the following lines? 'Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home.'

• Let Odysseus return home with his companions

• Odysseus will sail home with his original ship

• Let Odysseus return home alone, on a ship not his own, and face trouble at home.

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Odysseus and his men escape and reach the island where the sorceress/goddess ______ lives. After one year, she releases and informs him that he must travel to the Land of the Dead and consult with the blind prophet Tiresias.