The Odyssey and the Hero's Journey

What is Odysseus' ordinary world?

• The town of Ismarus on the coast of Thrace

• The city of Troy

• The Island of Ithaca with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus

What is Odysseus' call to action?

• Penelope wants Odysseus to leave.

• King Melenaus wants Odysseus in his army.

• Zeus wants Odysseus to fight.

How does Odysseus' exhibit refusal of the call?

• Odysseus hides in a cave.

• Odysseus pretends to be crazy.

• Odysseus starts crying and does want to go.

When does Odysseus cross the first threshold?

• Odysseus is sent to find a village that never saw water

• Odysseus is sent to fight in the Trojan war.

• Odysseus never leaves, he stays at home in Ithaca

Match the stages with their correct description in The Odyssey

• He leaves for the war and his journey

• Stage 2: Call to Action

• Odysseus doesn't want to go to war

• Stage 1: The Ordinary World

• Meets and escapes friends and enemies

• Stage 3: The Refusal

• Odysseus is asked to go to war

• Stage 6: Trials

• Odysseus lives in Ithaca with his family

• Stage 5: Crossing the Threshold

Odysseus attempts to "draft-dodge" when called on to go to attach Troy by _________________. When considering the Hero's Journey, this is the part here the epic hero __________________.

• Acting insane, initially refuses the call to action

• Hiding, initially refuses the call to action

• Acting insane, never becomes an actual hero

• Hiding, never becomes an actual hero

Odysseus faces the suitors and the challenge with the bow in what Hero’s Journey phase?

• Call to Adventure

• Meeting the Mentor

• Road of Trials

• Road Back

What is the second step of The Hero's Journey?

• Return

• Abyss

• Supernatural Help

• Transformation

How many stages are there in the hero's journey cycle?

• 5

• 10

• 12

• 17

Another name for the hero's journey is called the:

• Epic Hero

• Epic Poem

• Monomyth