The Odyssey by Homer | Summary

The Odyssey by Homer | Summary

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.10, RL.8.4, RL.8.5

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mandy Martin

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.RL.8.10
,
CCSS.RL.8.4
,
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
,
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
,

8 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who might Homer have been? Check off all the correct answers.

One man

Multiple people

A woman

A fairy

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What is hubris?

Love and joy

Kindness and benevolence

Pride and arrogance

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is our main character in The Odyssey?

Homer

Odysseus 

Bart

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

30 sec • 1 pt

How long did it take Odysseus to get home?

20 years

5 minutes

24 hours

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Why has Penelope been in mourning?

Because her dog died.

Because she thinks Odysseus is dead.

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are the suitors hanging around?

They want to see what she can knit.

They want to eat all of the food.

They want to marry her so they can get her money.

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the example of hubris (pride and arrogance) here?

Odysseus brags that he was the one who blinded the cyclops.

The cyclops tells his father, Poseidon.

Odysseus and his men are stranded.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is in control of fate?

Penelope.

The gods (mostly) and the main character.

The suitors.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9