Odyssey Quiz: Book 19 & 20

What do Telemachus and Odysseus do while the suitors are sleeping?

• Sleep

• Hide the weapons

• Talk to Penelope

• Pray to Athena

How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus?

• By his voice

• By the way he looks at Penelope

• By the scar on his foot

• Athena tells her

What does Penelope resolve to do after her nightmare?

• Sends the suitors home

• Goes out to look for Odysseus

• Selects a new husband

• Elopes with the beggar

What does Athena believe will help Odysseus and Telemachus in their plan?

• The gods

• Their family history

• The suitors' stupidity

• Weapons

What does Theoclymenus interpret as a bad omen?

• • Ctesippus throwing a cow’s hoof

• Blood on the walls

• Thunder

• An eagle flying overhead

The suitors' comment about Telemachus hosting two beggars in his house in Book 20, Lines 373-379 are an example of what literary device?

• Characterization

• Irony

• Theme

• Motif