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WorksheetsOdyssey Review I
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is unknown about Homer, the author of The Odyssey?
Whether or not he lived
His birth and death
Whether he wrote the Odyssey
All of the above
Besides the Odyssey, what other famous work is Homer known for writing?
The Aeneid
The Iliad
The King James Bible
Wuthering Heights
What are the three types of conflict?
First person, second person, third person
Fourth person, fifth person, sixth person
Null, void, baseless
Man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self
When the story begins, where has Odysseus been for seven years?
On the island of the Lotus Eaters
Lost at sea between Greece and Troy
On the isle of Aeaea with the sorceress Circe
With the sea nymph Calypso
When on the island of the Lotus Eaters, it makes Odysseus’ crew forget about what?
Their treasure
War
Food
Home
What is Homer describing when he says, “When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose”?
The goddess Athena
The rising tide
The sunset
The sunrise
“When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose” is best described as...
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
None of the above
When Odysseus and his men waited in the cave for the Cyclopes, what did he expect?
A vicious fight
A mess of cannibals
Gifts and hospitality
Never to actually meet the cyclops
What does Odysseus do to protect his men from the sirens?
Ties them all to the mast
Fills their ears with beeswax
Slays one crew member who tries to escape
Kills the sirens one by one
A nickname or descriptive term added to someone's name that becomes common usage...
Epilogue
Epithet
Epi-Pen
Epidermis
A thing, event, or person that represents or stands for some greater or more significant idea.
An analogy
A symbol
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
A moral or idea developed throughout the story.
Theme
Main idea
Protagonist
Antagonist
An extended comparison, often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and to serve as decoration.
Epic metaphor
Epic allusion
Epic simile
Hero's Journey
The character, force, or collection of forces in fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story.
Crucial development
Trials of the hero
Right of passage
Antagonist
The three types of irony are...
Verbal, situational, staged
Dramatic, tragic, comedic
Fictional, non-fictional, and verbal
Dramatic, situational, verbal
