The Odyssey Part 1

What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus’ men in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1?

• The Lotus-Eaters offer the men the Lotus plant, which causes them to lose interest in returning home.

• The Lotus-Eaters are dishonest and try to mislead the crew about the route home.

• Familiarity with the Lotus-Eaters is dangerous because they are cannibals.

• The Lotus-Eaters deliberately cause the winds to subside.

What does Odysseus compare the Cyclops within lines

“In the next land we found were Cyclopes, giants, louts, without a law to bless them.

In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground....

Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting, no consultation or old tribal ways....”?

• a squirming puppy

• a wild animal

• the god Zeus

• a meal

What is the metaphor in lines 133-134? "who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude".

• eat good

• wheaten bread

• shaggy mountain

• in solitude

In lines 223-231, why does Odysseus lie to the Cyclops about his ship?

• to protect his ship

• to save his men

• because he's a liar

• because he's stupid

Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?

• Odysseus and his men lack the physical strength to kill the giant.

• Odysseus’ heart is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops.

• Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave’s entrance.

• Odysseus’ men convince him that Poseidon will curse them if they kill any of the Cyclopes.

In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy?

• He is an effective leader.

• He is trained for battle.

• He is courageous.

• He is clever.

At the end of the episode with the Cyclops in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?

• He destroys Odysseus’ ship.

• He prophesies that Odysseus will visit Hades.

• He begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus.

• He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca.

What prophecy of Teiresias does Odysseus withold from his men?

• Odysseus and his crew will return triumphant to Ithaca

• The sailor's adventures will last another 10 years

• Only Odysseus will survive and return home

• Poseidon will capsize their ship near Charybdis

As they travel through the land of the Sirens in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, how do Odysseus’ men avoid falling under the Sirens’ spell?

• Odysseus ties them up.

• Odysseus plugs their ears.

• They look only at their oars.

• They listen only to Odysseus.

In which of these episodes from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?

• “The Sirens”

• “The Cyclops”

• “The Lotus-Eaters”

• "The Cattle of the Sun God"