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Odyssey Background
Quiz
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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The blind poet who wrote The Odyssey is __________.
Shakespeare
Homer
Plato
Virgil
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Penelope promises the suitors that she will choose a husband when she finishes weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law. Why does it take her years to finish this cloth?
Penelope unravels the shroud at night to delay its completion.
Penelope burns the shroud accidentally.
Penelope finishes the shroud quickly but hides it from the suitors.
Penelope hires someone else to weave the shroud for her.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If Odysseus does not return to Ithaca by the time their son is old enough to grow a beard, what is Penelope supposed to do?
Travel to find Odysseus
Remarry
Join a nunnery
Adopt a new son
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the author of *The Odyssey*?
A) Virgil
B) Homer
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main theme of *The Odyssey*?
A) Love and Betrayal
B) War and Peace
C) Journey and Homecoming
D) Power and Corruption
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which character is known for their cunning intelligence in *The Odyssey*?
A) Achilles
B) Odysseus
C) Agamemnon
D) Hector
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of Odysseus' wife?
A) Helen
B) Penelope
C) Clytemnestra
D) Andromache
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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