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WorksheetsBook 9- The Odyssey Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
"When the young dawn with fingertips of rose..." is an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
2.
"...seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude..." is an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
3.
"...and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies...gaping and crunching like a mountain lion? is an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
4.
The Odyssey begins toward the end with Odysseus telling the story of his adventures in a
a)
Flashback
b)
Persuasive Essay
c)
Foreshadowing
5.
A mild danger, the lotus, is to be avoided because anyone who eats it
a)
Wishes only to go home
b)
Loses memory
c)
Is turned into an animal
6.
The Cyclops were giant people who had
a)
No sense or civility
b)
A strong family structure
c)
Great sympathy for travelers
7.
Odysseus first wishes to kill the sleeping Polyphemus with his sword. Why doesn’t he do so?
a)
Polyphemus almost never sleeps.
b)
Polyphemus is protected by magic.
c)
With Polyphemus dead, nobody will be able to open the cave door.
8.
Why does Odysseus put out Polyphemus’ one eye?
a)
Blinded, he will not see the Greeks escaping.
b)
He may then give the Greeks freedom in exchange for his life.
c)
It is the cruelest revenge he can think of.
9.
Odysseus tricked Polyphemus into not getting help from the other Cyclops by
a)
Naming himself “Cunning”
b)
Naming himself “Nobody”
c)
Naming himself “Noman”
10.
Odysseus and his surviving comrades escape from the cave
a)
With the help of the gods
b)
With cleverness and strategy
c)
By telling lies
11.
Odysseus and his men actually got out of the cave by
a)
Tying themselves to the underside of the sheep
b)
Sneaking out ahead of the sheep
c)
Disguising themselves as sheep
12.
To judge from the adventure with Polyphemus, Odysseus is all of the following except
a)
Clever and curious
b)
A liar
c)
Proud and determined
d)
Shy and quiet
13.
The home island of Odysseus is Ithaca.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The blinded Cyclops prays to the god Poseidon (his father) to bring many years of trouble and sorrow to Odysseus.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Odysseus needed to brag by announcing his name, but this works against him in his encounter with the Cyclops because he loses men.
a)
True
b)
False
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