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The Odyssey

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

The Odyssey
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which text best supports why Odysseus was unhappy on Calypso's Island?

Calypso's "love was relentless... Every day she offered to give him anything his heart desired except the one thing he really wanted.

"She wouldn't let him leave her island.

"Odysseus was wretched. He pined for his home, for his wife and son, for his own rocky island of Ithaca.

"But what can a mortal man do against a goddess? All he could do was dream of going home.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The text says that "The Gods were watching him [Odysseus]...His misery touched the heart of" which God?

Athene

Zeus

Hermes

Poseidon

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where did Odysseus spent his first night back on Ithaca?

On the beach

with the shepherd boy's family

in the palace

in his swineherd's hut

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who helped Odysseus regain his throne?

Check all that apply.

Penelope

Telemachus

Eurycleia

Eumaeus

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did Penelope know for sure that the beggar was truly Odysseus?

She tricked him by asking to move the bed.

She recognized him in his own royal clothes.

Telemachus told her that is was his father.

Eurycleia insisted that the beggar was Odysseus.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is the main character?

King of Sparta

Telemachus

Odysseus

King of Sparta

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

On page 10, Odysseus leaves home with a "heavy heart". What does it mean to have a "heavy heart"?

To be excited

To be anxious

To be sad

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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