The Odyssey

The Odyssey

6th Grade

25 Qs

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.6.4, L.5.5C, RL.5.4

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is the main character?

King of Sparta

Telemachus

Odysseus

King of Sparta

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where is Odysseus from?

Ithaca

Troy

Sparta

Cicones

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

3.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Odysseus tells his wife Penelope to do what when he leaves

Let Telemachus rule the kingdom

To find a new husband to rule the kigdom

To rule the kingdom herself until he returns

None of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the word for a long series of adventures which include hardships?

an odyssey

an epic

a harp

a monolith

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

When Odysseus sent three men to search the island of the Lotus-Eaters, why did those men not return?

they were "drugged" after eating the Lotus Flower

Calypso detained them for "her heart's delight."

they ate the Lotus Flower and died

the sea nymphs gave them Lotus Flowers

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is Nausicaa's reaction to finding Odysseus washed up on the beach?

She screamed and ran off.

She faced Odysseus and waited for him to speak.

She hid in the bushes.

Wisely, she decided to take him straight back to the palace.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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