Odyssey Part 1 Review - B

Fill in the correct vocabulary word.

"Far out as far offshore as shouted words would carry, I sent back a few words to the _______

'O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions?"

• ravaged

• formidable

• adversary

• sage

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"‘Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me, Nohbdy’s ruined me!’

To this rough shout they made a ______ reply:

‘Ah well, if nobody has played you foul there in your lonely bed, we are no use in pain given by great Zeus. Let it be your father, Poseidon Lord, to whom you pray.'"

• formidable

• ravaged

• adversary

• sage

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"I am Laertes's son Odysseus. Men hold me ______ for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim."

• formidable

• ravaged

• sage

• adversary

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"‘Strangers,’ he said, ‘who are you? And where from? What brings you here by seaways—a fair traffic? Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and ______ other folk by sea?’"

• formidable

• ravage

• sage

• adversary

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She moved across the field with the ______ of a cat on the prowl.

• stealth

• abominable

• guile

• in medias res

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The president will need to use all her political ______ to stay in power.

• stealth

• abominable

• guile

• in medias res

Latin for "in the middle of things"

• abominable

• in medias res

• stealth

• guile

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It was an _______ crime.

• in medias res

• guile

• abominable

• stealth

Calypso held Odysseus captive for ____ years.

• 7
• 3
• 10
• 5

Mark all the allies that helped Odysseus get released from Calypso's captivity.

• Athena

• Circe

• Penelope

• Hermes

• Zeus