The Odyssey - Part 3

At the start of The Odyssey, Part 3, Odysseus arrives home.

Where is his home?

• Ithaca

• Phaeacia

• Sicily

• Aeaea

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Whose ship returns Odysseus home?

• Laestrygonians

• Phaeacians

• Menelaus

• Eumaeus

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How long was Odysseus away from home?

• 10 years

• 1,000 years

• 20 years

• 2 months

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Who disguises Odysseus as an old beggar?

• Athena

• Zeus

• Eumaeus

• Phaeacians

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Why does Athena change Odysseus into a beggar?

• To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca

• To punish him for angering Zeus

• To prove to Odysseus that gods have powers

• To shame and embarrass him in front of his people

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What is the name of the swineherd who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca?

• Telemachus

• Eumaeus

• Penelope

• Athena

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At first, why can’t Telemachus believe the stranger is Odysseus?

• He thinks he is a god because he transformed from rags into clean clothes.

• He is in denial that his father has actually arrived home.

• He is upset that he’s no longer in charge.

• He thought his father was dead.

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The men who are living in Penelope’s home, eating her food, and insisting that she marry one of them are called

• fiancés

• beggars

• suitors

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How does Penelope delay her marriage to a suitor?

• She has told the suitors that she will marry once she is done weaving a shroud. At night she secretly undoes her work.

• She tells the men that they will have to participate in hand to hand combat.

• She tells them that she will never marry and that they should immediately return to their homes

• She will pick a number out of a hat.

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Argos is a ________.

• Swineherd

• Cowherd

• Cat

• Dog

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