WorksheetsThe Odyssey
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a story told many times that serves to explain something about the world or a historical event
a)
epic
b)
myth
c)
invocation
d)
rhapsode
2.
a long comparison of two unlike things
a)
myth
b)
rhapsode
c)
epic simile
d)
metaphor
3.
a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero
a)
homeric simile
b)
epic
c)
invocation
d)
muse
4.
in the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods
a)
muse
b)
homeric simile
c)
liturgy
d)
invocation
5.
He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey
a)
Circe
b)
Homer
c)
Telemachus
d)
the Muse
6.
She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.
a)
Cyclops
b)
Calypso
c)
Scylla
d)
Penelope
7.
She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.
a)
Scylla
b)
Charybdis
c)
Penelope
d)
Calypso
8.
He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.
a)
Circe
b)
Charybdis
c)
Teiresias
d)
Polyphemus
9.
She devised a difficult task for some troublesome men to do.
a)
Calypso
b)
Penelope
c)
Circe
d)
Muse
10.
"The man skilled in all ways of contending" is an example of this literary device.
a)
invocation
b)
ambition
c)
liturgy
d)
epithet
11.
a reflection of the basic values of a society
a)
homeric similes
b)
myths
c)
narratives
d)
exposition
12.
character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean
a)
Polyphemus
b)
Telemachus
c)
Odysseus
d)
Achilles
13.
character who refused to inform sailors of their impending death
a)
Odysseus
b)
Circe
c)
Cyclops
d)
Charybdis
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