The Odyssey Test

The quality of an epic hero Odysseus displays when coming up with a plan to escape is...

• courage

• strength

• honesty

• cleverness/

  craftiness

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What was Odysseus doing, when we first met him?

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Fill in the blanks: Elpenor fell off the roof at ---- cave. He saw Odysseus in the ---. He asked Odysseus to get his body, in order to give him a ---.

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Which god/goddess sent Hermes to Calypso’s cave

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Zeus

• Poseidon

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Circe warns that men who listen to the song of the Sirens will

• jump off of the boat

• obey Odysseus

• think of their wives

• crash on the rocks

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Odysseus prevents his men from being lured by the Sirens’ song by telling them to put --- in their ears.

(a)  

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Scylla is a ---. Charybdis is a ---.

• siren, cyclops

• 6 headed monster, whirlpool

• siren, whirlpool

• whirlpool, 6 headed monster

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What happened to people who ate the lotus, in the land of the lotus eaters?

• They died

• They didn't want to go home

• They laughed uncontrollably

• They thought they had superpowers

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Who did Odysseus originally avoid, when he went to the underworld?

• Persephone

• Telemus

• Elpenor

• his mom

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Why did Odysseus pledge a sacrifice to 'Pale Persephone'?

• She was killed in Troy.

• She's the goddess of the underworld.

• They were related.

• He wanted to please Zeus.

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