The Odyssey: Comp Check (Through Land of the Dead)

What is the name of the Cyclops that Odysseus encounters in the Odyssey?

• Polyphemus

• Circe

• Calypso

• Poseidon

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How do Odysseus and his men initially escape from the Cyclops' cave?

• By digging a tunnel

• By hiding under sheep

• By flying

• By fighting the Cyclops

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What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops his name is?

• No Man

• Odysseus

• Ithacan

• Nobody

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Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than killing him?

• Because he needs the Cyclops to move the boulder blocking the cave's entrance

• Because he wants to show mercy

• Because the Cyclops is immortal

• Because he wants to take the Cyclops prisoner

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What does the Cyclops pray for after he has been blinded?

• For Odysseus to be killed

• For his sight to be restored

• For Odysseus to never reach home

• For more sheep

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Who is the father of the Cyclops Odysseus blinds?

• Zeus

• Apollo

• Poseidon

• Hermes

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What consequence does Odysseus face for blinding the Cyclops?

• He is turned into a swine

• He loses all his ships

• Poseidon makes his journey home difficult

• He is cursed with immortality

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How do Odysseus and his men first end up on the Cyclops' island?

• They are blown off course by a storm

• They are looking for food

• They are captured by the Cyclops

• They follow a map to the island

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What does Odysseus take from the Cyclops' cave?

• Gold

• Food and wine

• A magical weapon

• A map

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How does the Cyclops discover that Odysseus and his men are in his cave?

• He hears them talking

• He smells them

• He sees them

• He trips over them

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