The Odyssey Review

Which god/goddess seems to help Odysseus the most in Part 2?

• Apollo

• Poseidon

• Athena

• Circe

Part 1 of the Odyssey is mainly about Odysseus’...

• Suffering at the hands of god/goddesses that dislike him

• Working hard to win the Trojan War

• Winning back his home and family with cunning, smart decisions

• Discovering new islands on his way home

Part 2 of the Odyssey is mainly about Odysseus’...

• Suffering at the hands of god/goddesses that dislike him

• Working hard to win the Trojan War

• Winning back his home and family with cunning, smart decisions

• Discovering new islands on his way home

Which of the following is an example of an EPIC SIMILE?

• "as I sent them on toward Scylla, I/told them nothing"

• "all the sea was like a cauldron / seething over intense fire"

• "when she swallowed the sea water down / we saw the funnel"

• "our eyes / were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear"

The woman who keeps Odysseus captive for 7 years is...

• Circe

• Calypso

• Cardi B

• Carmen

The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War

• The Civil War

• The Greek War

The Scylla was

• a giant whirlpool

• a giant cannibal

• a mermaid

• a monster with many heads

Odysseus was trying to return to

• Troy

• Sparta

• Ithaca

• Athens

The cyclop's real name was

• Telemachus

• Poseidan

• Polyphemus

• Fred

a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• homeric simile

• epic

• invocation

• muse