WorksheetsThe Odyssey Book 1 Quizizz
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
In the line "tell me about a complicated man" to whom does the phrase "complicated man" refer?
Telemachus
Odysseus
Poseidon
Laertes
What did Odysseus' men do to be kept from home?
Kill a cyclops
Dishonor Zeus
Wreck the holy town of Troy
Eat the Sun God's cattle
How long did Calypso keep Odysseus captive?
10 years
5 years
2 years
1 year
Who killed Aegisthus?
Agamemnon
Orestes
Athena
Odysseus
According to Zeus, who is responsible for the troubles humans have?
Humans
Hades
Poseidon
Gods in general
How did Athena feel about Aegisthus?
She wanted to avenge his death
She felt he deserved to die
She was sad he was dead
She didn't care one way or the other about his death
What does Athena beg her father Zeus for?
Athena begs Zeus to save Odysseus.
Athena begs Zeus to let her marry Odysseus.
Athena begs Zeus to kill Odysseus for betraying her.
Athena begs Zeus to make Odysseus a god so they can be together.
Why was Poseidon mad at Odysseus?
Odysseus ate Poseidon's cattle.
Poseidon is in love with Athena and Athena is in love with Odysseus.
Odysseus destroyed the eye of one of Poseidon's sons (a cyclops).
Poseidon is in love with Calypso and Calypso is in love with Odysseus.
Athena goes to Earth to visit...
Odysseus, to tell him everything will be alright.
Telemachus, to tell him everything will be alright.
Odysseus, to tell him to kill the suitors and his wife.
Telemachus, to tell him to speak out against the suitors who have taken over his home.
When Athena goes to Earth she appears as...
an owl.
A man named Taphian, a friend of Odysseus'.
A man named Mentesa friend of Odysseus'.
A man named Pallas, a friend of Odysseus'.
When Athena arrives in disguise Telemachus treats her
well, like an old friend returning from a long absence.
rudely, because he thinks Athena is another suitor.
rudely, he just ignores her.
politely, he gives her food and drink but mostly ignores her.
Who is sent to deliver the message from Zeus to free Odysseus?
Athena
Ares
Hermes
Zeus
What is Odysseus's son's name, and where does live?
Telemachus / Ithaca
Telemachus / Pylos
Telemachus / Ogygia
Telemachus / Illion
What is going on in Telemachus's home?
Suitors are trying to kill him
Suitors are living off his estate and marry his mother
Suitors seek to kill his mother
Suitors are searching his estate for Odyessus
What do the suitors want?
To eat all of their food
The life of Odysseus
To steal from Telemachus
To marry his mother
What would Telemachus like his father to do?
Never return
Return home and drive the suitors away
Bring home the eye of the cyclops
Appease Poseidon
What does Telemachus ask Athena?
Who are you? Are you a friend of my father?
Who is my father?
Are you a goddess?
What should I do to save my father?
What have the suitors done to Telemachus's home?
Trashed the house and ate all the food
Repaired the damage
Burned it down
Stole Odyesseus's treasures.
What does Athena advise Telemachus to do at daybreak?
Leave Ithaca forever and move to Pylos or Sparta.
Prepare a sacrifice for Zeus
Abandon his estate and move to Pylos or Sparta.
Tell all the suitors to leave, travel to Pylos and Sparta.
Telemachus is advised to take a boat to find out news about what person?
Nestor
Odysseus
Menelaus
Pylos
What two men does Telemachus need to talk to?
Nestor / Menelaus
Nestor / Odysseus
Nestor / Ogygia
Menelaus / Antinous
What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is alive?
Go home and attack Antinous
Go seek out his father
Go home and tell the suitors to leave
Go home and hold out for a year
What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is dead?
Never return to Ithaca.
Raise a mound in honor of him. Give his mother away.
Pray to Athena for guidance.
Return home and tell the suitors to leave.
What can Telemachus do to the suitors now that he is no longer a child?
Tolerant their stay.
No longer bear their insolence / kill them
Give his mother away to a suitor.
Make amends with the suitors.
Which word matches the following definition: savagely violent
brutal
beguile
deferential
devise
suitor
Which word matches the following definition: a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage
brutal
beguile
deferential
devise
suitor
Which word matches the following definition: showing deference; respectful
brutal
beguile
deferential
devise
suitor
Which word matches the following definition: charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
brutal
beguile
deferential
devise
suitor
Which word matches the following definition: plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought
brutal
beguile
deferential
devise
suitor
