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The Odyssey Part 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does Odysseus hit Antinous with his arrow?

a)

head

b)

heart

c)

eye

d)

throat

2.

How is Penelope's nurse convinced that the beggar is Odysseus?

a)

she takes his word for it

b)

she sees his scar

c)

Telemachus has told her

d)

She seen him changed by Athena

3.

What convinces Penelope that the beggar is actually Odysseus?

a)

he describes their bed

b)

she gives him a riddle that he solves

c)

she kisses him

d)

she receives an omen from the Gods

4.

Who is the foil character to Penelope?

a)

Athena

b)

Penelope's nurse maid

c)

CIrce

d)

Scylla

5.

Penelope is at first aloof when Odysseus announces his true identity.


What does aloof mean

a)

confused

b)

surprised

c)

angry

d)

distant

6.

what was unique about the bed that Penelope and Odysseus shared?

a)

carved from rare stone

b)

made from tree trunk rooted in ground

c)

gift from the Gods

d)

too heavy to be moved

7.

what happens to Odysseus's father Laertes

a)

it never tells us

b)

he gets killed during fight

c)

he is sent to underworld

d)

he is reunited with Odysseus

8.

who brings the island of Ithaca to peace in the end?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Athena

c)

Penelope

d)

Zeus

9.

How many suitors survive the battle in the Great Hall?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

0

10.

Who does Penelope think the beggar really is?

a)

a trickster

b)

a beggar

c)

a suitor

d)

a God

11.

Why does Odysseus want to go the woods after winning the battle?

a)

to escape the Gods

b)

to escape punishment for murdering the suitors

c)

to start over with his family

d)

to look for escaped suitors

12.

Athena lavished Odysseus with beauty


What does lavished mean?

a)

poured

b)

covered

c)

provide much

d)

take away

13.

Why does Odysseus get mad at Penelope

a)

he thought she had let someone destroy their bed

b)

she has been talking with suitors

c)

he does not believe she has been loyal

d)

she doesn't want to flee with him

14.

Which of the following is not a conflict in part 4?

a)

character vs character

b)

character vs society

c)

character vs supernatural

d)

character vs self

15.

which is not a theme from part 4?

a)

revenge

b)

love

c)

murder

d)

forgiveness

16.

what point of view is The Odyssey told?

(select all that apply)

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person omniscient

17.

what type of literary device is used in this line from the text:


They imagined as they wished that the shot was an unintended killing, not comprehending that they were in the grip of death.

a)

Imagery

b)

allusion

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

18.

How does Telemachus help his father the most during the battle with the suitors?

a)

he fetches weapons

b)

he kills ten suitors

c)

he distracts the suitors

d)

he calls for help

19.

How do the suitors first respond after Antinous is killed?

a)

the beg for their lives

b)

they attack Odysseus

c)

they curse Odysseus

d)

they try to escape

20.

what genre is The Odyssey?

a)

suspense

b)

epic poetry

c)

drama

d)

mythology