The Odyssey Stranded on Calypso's Island

Calypso is a/an

• woman
• nymph
• princess
• witch

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How does Odysseus spend his days on Calypso's island?

• Tanning
• "Enjoying" his time with Calypso
• Crying and staring at the ocean
• Muttering to himself

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How does he react to the news that he is free?

• Disbelief
• Excitement
• Disappointment
• Rage

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Which god destroys Odysseus' island-escape raft? 

• Zeus
• Poseidon
• Hermes
• Calypso

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What message has Hermes come to Calypso's Island (Ogygia) to deliver?

• Odysseus is banished to Hades
• Calypso is to free Odysseus
• Penelope has remained faithful to Odysseus
• Helios will sink Calypso's island if he doesn't get his cattle back

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What offer does Calypso make Odysseus to get him to stay with her?

• Ambrosia
• Freedom
• Immortality
• Revenge

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What happens to Odysseus after he leaves Calypso's island?

• He sails his new raft directly to Scheria.
• He sails home to Ithaca.
• He is captured at sea by the Phaeacians. 
• His raft is destroyed by a storm Poseidon sends

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How does Odysseus show that he is clever when he evades Calypso's question in Book 5?

• By acknowledging that Calypso is more beautiful than Penelope
• By comparing Penelope to other mortals and focusing on the concept of "home."
• By being brutally honest that Penelope is more beautiful than Calypso ever could be
• By avoiding answering the question entirely and focusing on the raft

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