The Odyssey/Plot

The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War
• The Civil War
• The Greek War

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Odysseus has angered

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Hades
• Zeus

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Odysseus tricked the cyclops by

• stealing his sheep
• drinking his wine
• telling him a false name
• hiding in his cave

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The cyclops was the son of

• Athena

• Circe

• Artemis

• Poseidon

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By bragging about his name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice
• gluttony
• pride
• envy

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Circe was

• a seamonster
• a siren
• an enchantress
• an English teacher

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Odysseus was trying to return to

• Troy
• Sparta
• Ithaca
• Athens

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The cyclop's real name was

• Telemachus
• Poseidan
• Polyphemus
• Fred

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What does the Cyclops do when he discovers all the men, and that they have eaten all his food?

• he eats 2 of the men whole
• he gets more food
• he demands payment
• he kills them all

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The men want to kill the Cyclops, but Odysseus knows they can't do this because then they ________________________.

• won't get more food
• will be stuck in the cave forever
• will have to bury him
• will have to ask the gods for forgiveness

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