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WorksheetsUlysses Reading Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 48mins
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1.
At the beginning of the story, where are Ulysses and his men returning home from?
a)
a festival in Egypt
b)
a trading route around the Mediterranean
c)
a war in Troy
d)
a visit to Rome
2.
What trick does Ulysses use to defeat the Trojans?
a)
He convinces somes ladies to act as spies.
b)
He prays for a mist so the Trojans can't see.
c)
He steals Helen back.
d)
He has his men hide in a wooden horse that is brought inside the city walls.
3.
What are the effects of the lotus flower?
a)
It makes you hungry.
b)
It makes you sleepy.
c)
It makes you angry.
d)
It makes you fall in love.
4.
Who is Polyphemus?
a)
a cyclops and a son of Poseidon
b)
a sea monster that spits out the tide
c)
a wife of Poseidon
d)
the messenger god who works for Zeus
5.
What prideful mistake does Ulysses make with Polyphemus?
a)
Ulysses kills Polyphemus.
b)
Ulysses reveals his name to Polyphemus.
c)
Ulysses refuses a gift from Polyphemus.
d)
Ulysses kills Polyphemus's cattle.
6.
What god has Ulysses angered?
a)
Poseidon the sea god
b)
Hermes the messenger god
c)
Zeus, king of the gods
d)
Athena, goddess of wisdom
7.
How has Ulysses angered Poseidon?
a)
His "offering" of a wooden horse was really a trick.
b)
His men drop jewels off their ships and Poseidon thinks they are stealing naiads.
c)
Ulysses has blinded his son.
d)
All of these.
8.
What gift does Aeolus give Ulysses to help him return home?
a)
a bag of winds
b)
a bag of gold
c)
a silver sail
d)
more oars
9.
Why doesn't the bag of winds work?
a)
It is a trick meant to kill Ulysses and his men.
b)
Ulysses's men get greedy and open the bag thinking it is treasure.
c)
Poseidon releases the winds.
d)
Ulysses is full of pride and refuses the gift.
10.
Who is Circe?
a)
mermaid
b)
naiad
c)
goddess
d)
sorceress
11.
What animal does Circe change Ulysses's men into?
a)
doves
b)
pigs
c)
fish
d)
wolves
12.
What does Circe do to her past husbands?
a)
kill them
b)
send them out to sea
c)
change them into animals
d)
transform them into trees
13.
Why do Ulysses and his men travel to the Land of the Dead?
a)
to fight Hades
b)
to rescue their comrades
c)
to consult an oracle and hear prophesies
d)
to change their forms back to human
14.
Who are the Sirens?
a)
singing feathered sisters who eat sailors
b)
women who tell a man's fate
c)
monsters with spider legs and many heads
d)
the cattle of the sun god
15.
What warning do Ulysses and his men get about Hyperion's cattle?
a)
If they eat the cattle, they will have superhuman strength.
b)
They must under no circumstances eat the cattle.
c)
The cattle are really cannibals in disguise.
d)
If they make an offering of the cattle, Poseidon will forgive them.
16.
Who is Charybdis?
a)
a sorceress
b)
a tide-drinking monster
c)
a cyclops
d)
a goddess
17.
Who is Calypso?
a)
a tide drinking monster who kills Ulysses's crew
b)
a sorceress and Titan who can see the future
c)
a cyclops blinded by Ulysses
d)
a princess who becomes a traveling bard
18.
How does Ino help Ulysses?
a)
She gives him wings to fly.
b)
She gives him her veil that cannot sink.
c)
She gives him a potion to drink to breathe underwater.
d)
She offers him a magical dolphin to take him to shore.
19.
What does the oracle tell Nausicaa's father, King Alcinous?
a)
A man with one sandal will kill you.
b)
A monster will attack your city in two days.
c)
Hold an archery contest to win Poseidon's favor.
d)
Beware of strangers, shipwrecks, storytellers.
20.
What law does Queen Arete warn her husband against breaking by killing Ulysses?
a)
the law of friendship
b)
the law of hospitality
c)
the law of kindness
d)
the law of war
21.
Who is Telemachus?
a)
Ulysses's wife
b)
Ulysses's guard
c)
Ulysses's son
d)
Ulysses's enemy
22.
What contest does Ulysses suggest Penelope hold amongst her suitors in order to decide who will be her husband?
a)
an archery contest
b)
an obstacle course
c)
a sailing contest
d)
a wrestling contest
23.
What is Ulysses able to do that none of the suitors can?
a)
tell a tale
b)
throw a javelin
c)
string a bow
d)
throw an axe
24.
What punishment do the suitors receive from Ulysses?
a)
banishment
b)
imprisonment
c)
torture
d)
death
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