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WorksheetsPart One Odyssey Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
What is a Homeric Simile?
a)
An Extended comparison of two unlike things using like or as
b)
An extended comparison of an epic event with something simple and easily understandable.
c)
An extended comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
2.
Invocation: Which list does not contain an accurate summary of facts introduced in the Invocation? (Pg. 651)
a)
Story about O/ Men were reckless/ Opened Wind God's Bag/ O was on Circe's island for 5 years/ All Gods pity O except Poseidon
b)
Story about O/ Men were reckless/ Ate the Sun God's Cattle/ Kept on Calypso's island/ All Gods pity O except Poseidon
3.
What is the significance of King Al's court in the story?
a)
He saved Odysseus.
b)
He provided an army for O.
c)
O is telling his story to King Al's Court.
d)
O is good friends with King Al.
4.
Which one of the lists is NOT correct about the Cicones (page 657)?
a)
Cicones disrespected O/ They confronted the the army in a fierce battle/ O won and did not lose any men
b)
They Pillaged and Plundered/ Men Mutinied/ They were slaughtered
5.
Why was the Lotus Eaters a very dangerous part of the journey?
a)
If the men had the flower...they would forget home.
b)
If the men had the flower...they would die.
c)
Odysseus was allergic to Lotus Flowers.
6.
How did O show his tragic flaw during the story with Polyphemus?
a)
O ate Polyphemus' cheese.
b)
He lied to Polyphemus about his name and why they were there?
c)
He told Polyphemus who he was and where he lived.
7.
What did O lose at the Laestrygonians?
a)
His car keys
b)
The ships lost their oars.
c)
They lost their sheep.
d)
O lost his army except one ship.
8.
Which item was NOT something revealed during Teiresias' prophecy in the LOTD?
a)
Odysseus will have go home under strange sail.
b)
Poseidon is mad at him, and that is why he is lost.
c)
Plug the men's ears with beeswax to survive the Sirens.
d)
Don't touch the Sun God's Cattle or you will lose all of your men.
9.
Which of these items was NOT something that O had to do to make things right with Poseidon?
a)
Build a temple to Poseidon
b)
Take an oar and walk inland
c)
Plant the oar and make a 3 animal sacrifice
d)
Go home and carry out a hecatomb
10.
What did Circe tell O to survive Scylla and Charybdis?
a)
Put beeswax in the mens ears
b)
Hug the cliffs of Scylla
c)
Tie yourself to the lugger
d)
Go home under strange sail
11.
Who alerted O of the trouble in Circe's palace?
a)
Polites
b)
Eumaeus
c)
Eurylochus
d)
Athena
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