WorksheetsThe Homecoming Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"...like a musician, like a harper, when with quiet hand upon his instrument he draws between his thumb and forefinger a sweet new string upon a peg: so effortlessly Odysseus in one motion strung the bow" is an example of
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
2.
What is Odysseus' disguised as when he returns to Ithaca?
a)
A beggar
b)
A jester
c)
himself
3.
Eumaeus and Philoetius recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature?
a)
A scar on his foot
b)
The sound of his voice
c)
His intelligence
4.
Who wins Penelope's archery contest?
a)
Antinous
b)
Odysseus
c)
Eurymachus
5.
Odysseus kills what suitor first?
a)
Eurymachus
b)
Antinous
6.
Who helps Odysseus fight the suitors?
a)
Philoetius
b)
Eumaeus
c)
Telemachus
7.
All of the following are true of an epic hero except:
a)
Has faults
b)
Contains no faults
c)
Is brave and goes on a courageous journey.
8.
All of the following are true of Greek values except:
a)
Hospitality to strangers
b)
Loyalty
c)
Disrespect
9.
Penelope and Telemachus are able to kick the suitors out of Ithaca.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The main conflict in book 21 is?
a)
Odysseus has fallen in love with Calypso.
b)
The suitors being disrespectful.
c)
Penelope has remarried.
11.
All of the following are reasons Odysseus gives for killing the suitors except:
a)
The men are not from Ithaca and not of noble blood.
b)
stole his goods and tried to take his wife.
c)
They dishonored him.
12.
Odysseus decides not to kill Eurymachus.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Penelope is skeptical about Odysseus saying who he says he is.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
How has Penelope tricked Odysseus into proving his identity?
a)
She has him string the bow again.
b)
Penelope wanted to check Odysseus’ reaction when she told her servant to move his bed and make it up; this would be impossible, because Odysseus had made one bedpost from an olive tree still rooted in the ground.
c)
She has him cut down the Olive tree, which has been there for 100 years.
15.
Which god/goddess helps Odysseus?
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Athena
c)
Zeus
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