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The Odyssey Book 1 Quizizz

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the line "tell me about a complicated man" to whom does the phrase "complicated man" refer?

a)

Telemachus

b)

Odysseus

c)

Poseidon

d)

Laertes

2.

What did Odysseus' men do to be kept from home?

a)

Kill a cyclops

b)

Dishonor Zeus

c)

Wreck the holy town of Troy

d)

Eat the Sun God's cattle

3.

How long did Calypso keep Odysseus captive?

a)

10 years

b)

5 years

c)

2 years

d)

1 year

4.

Who killed Aegisthus?

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Orestes

c)

Athena

d)

Odysseus

5.

According to Zeus, who is responsible for the troubles humans have?

a)

Humans

b)

Hades

c)

Poseidon

d)

Gods in general

6.

How did Athena feel about Aegisthus?

a)

She wanted to avenge his death

b)

She felt he deserved to die

c)

She was sad he was dead

d)

She didn't care one way or the other about his death

7.

What does Athena beg her father Zeus for?

a)

Athena begs Zeus to save Odysseus.

b)

Athena begs Zeus to let her marry Odysseus.

c)

Athena begs Zeus to kill Odysseus for betraying her.

d)

Athena begs Zeus to make Odysseus a god so they can be together.

8.

Why was Poseidon mad at Odysseus?

a)

Odysseus ate Poseidon's cattle.

b)

Poseidon is in love with Athena and Athena is in love with Odysseus.

c)

Odysseus destroyed the eye of one of Poseidon's sons (a cyclops).

d)

Poseidon is in love with Calypso and Calypso is in love with Odysseus.

9.

Athena goes to Earth to visit...

a)

Odysseus, to tell him everything will be alright.

b)

Telemachus, to tell him everything will be alright.

c)

Odysseus, to tell him to kill the suitors and his wife.

d)

Telemachus, to tell him to speak out against the suitors who have taken over his home.

10.

When Athena goes to Earth she appears as...

a)

an owl.

b)

A man named Taphian, a friend of Odysseus'.

c)

A man named Mentesa friend of Odysseus'.

d)

A man named Pallas, a friend of Odysseus'.

11.

When Athena arrives in disguise Telemachus treats her

a)

well, like an old friend returning from a long absence.

b)

rudely, because he thinks Athena is another suitor.

c)

rudely, he just ignores her.

d)

politely, he gives her food and drink but mostly ignores her.

12.

Who is sent to deliver the message from Zeus to free Odysseus?

a)

Athena

b)

Ares

c)

Hermes

d)

Zeus

13.

What is Odysseus's son's name, and where does live?

a)

Telemachus / Ithaca

b)

Telemachus / Pylos

c)

Telemachus / Ogygia

d)

Telemachus / Illion

14.

What is going on in Telemachus's home?

a)

Suitors are trying to kill him

b)

Suitors are living off his estate and marry his mother

c)

Suitors seek to kill his mother

d)

Suitors are searching his estate for Odyessus

15.

What do the suitors want?

a)

To eat all of their food

b)

The life of Odysseus

c)

To steal from Telemachus

d)

To marry his mother

16.

What would Telemachus like his father to do?

a)

Never return

b)

Return home and drive the suitors away

c)

Bring home the eye of the cyclops

d)

Appease Poseidon

17.

What does Telemachus ask Athena?

a)

Who are you? Are you a friend of my father?

b)

Who is my father?

c)

Are you a goddess?

d)

What should I do to save my father?

18.

What have the suitors done to Telemachus's home?

a)

Trashed the house and ate all the food

b)

Repaired the damage

c)

Burned it down

d)

Stole Odyesseus's treasures.

19.

What does Athena advise Telemachus to do at daybreak?

a)

Leave Ithaca forever and move to Pylos or Sparta.

b)

Prepare a sacrifice for Zeus

c)

Abandon his estate and move to Pylos or Sparta.

d)

Tell all the suitors to leave, travel to Pylos and Sparta.

20.

Telemachus is advised to take a boat to find out news about what person?

a)

Nestor

b)

Odysseus

c)

Menelaus

d)

Pylos

21.

What two men does Telemachus need to talk to?

a)

Nestor / Menelaus

b)

Nestor / Odysseus

c)

Nestor / Ogygia

d)

Menelaus / Antinous

22.

What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is alive?

a)

Go home and attack Antinous

b)

Go seek out his father

c)

Go home and tell the suitors to leave

d)

Go home and hold out for a year

23.

What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is dead?

a)

Never return to Ithaca.

b)

Raise a mound in honor of him. Give his mother away.

c)

Pray to Athena for guidance.

d)

Return home and tell the suitors to leave.

24.

What can Telemachus do to the suitors now that he is no longer a child?

a)

Tolerant their stay.

b)

No longer bear their insolence / kill them

c)

Give his mother away to a suitor.

d)

Make amends with the suitors.

25.

Which word matches the following definition: savagely violent

a)

brutal

b)

beguile

c)

deferential

d)

devise

e)

suitor

26.

Which word matches the following definition: a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage

a)

brutal

b)

beguile

c)

deferential

d)

devise

e)

suitor

27.

Which word matches the following definition: showing deference; respectful

a)

brutal

b)

beguile

c)

deferential

d)

devise

e)

suitor

28.

Which word matches the following definition: charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

a)

brutal

b)

beguile

c)

deferential

d)

devise

e)

suitor

29.

Which word matches the following definition: plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought

a)

brutal

b)

beguile

c)

deferential

d)

devise

e)

suitor