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WorksheetsThe Odyssey: Land of the Dead
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who tells Odysseus and his men to go to the Land of the Dead?
Zeus
Circe
Calypso
Hermes
What animals does Odysseus sacrifice to attract the ghosts?
Cow and Goat
Horse and Pony
Lamb and Ewe
Dinosaur and Unicorn
While in the Land of the Dead, what ghosts does Odysseus speak to?
Anticlea
Laertes
Elpenor
Tiresias
Other people
Which is the ghost Odysseus is actually sent to retrieve a prophecy from?
Tiresias
Anticlea
Elpenor
The others
How did Elpenor die?
Circe stabbed him.
He was killed in the Trojan War.
He was one of the men killed by the Cyclops.
He fell off of Circe's roof.
How did Anticlea die?
She was poisoned by her husband.
She died of a broken heart.
She was homesick.
She had a stroke.
Who is Tiresias?
A blind prophet
Odysseus' father
Circe's son
A god in disguise
True or false: Tiresias prophesies that Odysseus and his crew will encounter Lord Helios' cattle.
True
False
True or false: Tiresias prophesies that if the crew eat the cattle, they will reach home safely.
False
True
Tiresias prophesies that:
When Odysseus returns home, he will find...
His family happily waiting for him.
His house overcome by men courting his wife.
His son dead.
True love.
Tiresias prophesies that:
After he gets rid of the suitors, Odysseus must...
Find a place where the people have never known the sea.
Thank Poseidon for a safe journey home.
Celebrate with his family.
Mourn his mother.
Tiresias prophesies that:
When Odysseus reaches this place, he must...
Ask the people if he can live there.
Make an offering to Poseidon.
Teach the people about the ocean.
Share the story of his epic journey.
Tiresias prophesies that:
After he has made a sacrifice to Poseidon, Odysseus can...
Stay there forever.
Mourn the loss of his crew.
Die peacefully
Return home and make enormous sacrifices to all the other gods
Tiresias prophesies that:
After Odysseus has done all this, he will...
Be killed.
Be visited by the ghosts of his crew.
Someday die a peaceful, seaborne death.
Be happy.
