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Reading Log: The Odyssey, Book 9

Authored by Michele Williams

English

9th Grade

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Reading Log: The Odyssey, Book 9
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Cicones get rid of Odysseus and his men?

By offering them gifts and asking them to leave

By attacking them with a larger force

By poisoning their food

By setting their ships on fire

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Odysseus almost lose his crew on the island of the Lotus Eaters?

The Cyclops Polyphemus kept eating his crew.

The crew ate fruit, forgot their cares and wanted to stay on the island in a state of bliss.

Poseidon sent a storm and their boat crashed onto the rocky shore.

The goddess Circe turned his crew into animals.

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OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

Why does Odysseus lie about his ship to the cyclops?

(You will receive 1 point for correct spelling and punctuation.)

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the cyclops do that horrifies Odysseus and his crew?

He sings a terrifying song.

He turns Odysseus' men into stone.

He eats some of Odysseus's men.

He destroys the ship with a huge rock.

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OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

How is what Ajax did just before his death similar to what Odysseus did to Polyphemus?

(You will receive 1 point for correct spelling and punctuation.)

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Now that he knows the man who blinded him was Odysseus, what does Polyphemus ask his father, Poseidon, to do?

Forgive Odysseus and let him return home safely

Bless Odysseus with good fortune

Curse Odysseus to never return home

Help Odysseus find his way back home

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OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 2 pts

Quote from Book 9 to answer this question: What did Odysseus and his crew do in the land of the Cicones?

(You will receive 1 point for correct spelling and punctuation.)

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