WorksheetsThe Adventures of Odysseus: EH Mythology pp.201-219
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Including the war and his journey home, how long was Odysseus gone from Ithaca?
a)
5 years
b)
10 years
c)
20 years
d)
30 years
2.
Who was Odysseus' son?
a)
Telemachus
b)
Nausicaa
c)
Ajax
d)
Achilles
3.
Who was Odysseus' wife?
a)
Athena
b)
Helen
c)
Nausicaa
d)
Penelope
4.
Which god was most angry at Odysseus?
a)
Zeus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Hades
d)
Athena
5.
Which god or goddess helped Odysseus the most?
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Hermes
6.
Who wears winged sandals and is the gods' messenger?
a)
Calypso
b)
Hermes
c)
Aegeus
d)
Athena
7.
Who had infiltrated Penelope's home?
a)
Businessmen who wanted to farm her land.
b)
Suitors who wanted to marry her.
c)
Developers who wanted to buy her property.
d)
Her parents who were worried about her and Telemachus.
8.
Penelope held off her suitors by
a)
crying and grieving.
b)
weaving and unweaving a shroud.
c)
going on a long vacation.
d)
pretending to be sick.
9.
This nymph held Odysseus as a hostage on her island for many years.
a)
Athena
b)
Circe
c)
Calypso
d)
Penelope
10.
After surviving the raft-wreck and swimming for two days and nights, Odysseus arrived on the island of the...
a)
Cyclopes
b)
Lotus-Eaters
c)
Cicones
d)
Phaeacians
11.
Who was the king of the Phaeacians?
a)
Arete
b)
Alcinous
c)
Nausicaa
d)
Calypso
12.
What did the King and Queen of Phaeacia show Odysseus?
a)
kindness and courtesy
b)
a golden goblet
c)
their newborn son
d)
their prize bull
13.
Eating the lotus flower will cause a person to
a)
lose any desire for home.
b)
become violently ill.
c)
become blind.
d)
choke.
14.
Who was king of the Winds?
a)
Circe
b)
Alcinous
c)
Aeolus
d)
Polyphemus
15.
The dangerous witch who turned men to beasts was...
a)
Corinna
b)
Cleo
c)
Calypso
d)
Circe
16.
Who gave Odysseus the herb which, when eaten, could combat Circe's magic?
a)
Athena
b)
Hades
c)
Hyppolita
d)
Hermes
17.
Circe revealed that Odysseus must visit ________ to find out how to get home.
a)
Troy
b)
Hades
c)
Ithaca
d)
Mount Olympus
18.
Which ghost in Hades told Odysseus to avoid eating the Sun God's oxen?
a)
Tiresias
b)
Eumaeus
c)
Telemachus
d)
Alcinous
19.
Whose singing would make men forget their desire for home?
a)
the Cyclopes
b)
the ghosts in Hades
c)
the Sirens
d)
the Sun Goddesses
20.
After his ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, Odysseus drifted to whose island? He was held captive there for several years.
a)
Phaecians
b)
Sirens
c)
Circe
d)
Calypso
21.
Athena changed Odysseus into ______________ so that he would be disguised when he met the suitors.
a)
a god
b)
an old beggar
c)
a young child
d)
a dog
22.
The suitors treated the old beggar
a)
poorly / rudely
b)
kindly / helpfully
23.
Circe turned humans into
a)
water
b)
animals
c)
constellations
d)
sand
24.
Which bag did Odysseus' men open?
a)
snacks
b)
gold
c)
silver
d)
winds
25.
Do Cyclopes live alone or in families?
a)
alone
b)
in families
26.
Who or what was Argos?
a)
the King of Phaeacia
b)
Odysseus' son
c)
Odysseus' faithful dog
d)
The God of the Winds
27.
Penelope declared that the man who could _______________ and shoot an arrow through 12 ax-handle rings could marry her.
a)
win a marathon
b)
skin an ox
c)
wrestle a bear
d)
string Odysseus' bow
28.
How did Odysseus prove his identity to Eurycleia and Eumaeus?
a)
He showed them his driver's license.
b)
He showed them the scar on his foot.
c)
He showed them his chipped tooth.
d)
He showed them that he knew the code to the secret storage locker.
29.
What "secret" did Penelope use to test Odysseus' identity at the end of The Odyssey?
a)
the secret of their bed
b)
the secret of Odysseus' scar
c)
the secret of the chamber in their basement
d)
the secret of their old dog
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