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Adventures of Ulysses based on Homer's Odyssey

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who fought in the Trojan War?

a)

Romans vs Greeks

b)

Trojans vs Greeks

c)

Trojans vs. Europeans

d)

Greeks vs. Africans

2.

Who won the Trojan War?

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Africans

d)

Trojans

3.

Who was the mother of Achilles?

a)

Rhea

b)

Calpurnia

c)

Thetis

d)

Athena

4.

Where was Lotus-Land home of the Lotus-Eaters?

a)

Libya

b)

Syria

c)

Hispania

d)

Germania

5.

What was a lotus?

a)

a flower

b)

a window

c)

a drink

d)

a temple

6.

Who created and colored/painted the lotus?

a)

Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy

b)

Persephone, queen of the underworld who painted and named flowers

c)

Juno, queen of gods, wife of Zeus

d)

Diana, twin sister of Apollo

7.

How long did the Trojan War last?

a)

2 years

b)

10 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years

8.

Whose was the "face that launched 1,000 ships" due to her extreme beauty?

a)

Thetis

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Helen

d)

Rhea

9.

What is an Illiad?

a)

an insect

b)

a mercenary

c)

a song of Trojan bravery

d)

a type of war ship

10.

Who wrote The Illiad and The Odyssey ca. 2,500 years ago?

a)

Vergil

b)

Caesar

c)

Homer

d)

Hesiod

11.

What were Greeks known as AFTER the Trojan War?

a)

Barbarians

b)

Liberators

c)

Hellenes

d)

Traders

12.

What does this famous Latin quote mean: "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes"

a)

I am afraid, I do not have a gift

b)

I fear the Greeks bringing gifts

c)

Carry this gift from the Greeks inside the gate

d)

I love Greek (Danon) yogurt.

13.

Warrior who encouraged Ulysses to attack a "fat little city" because it looked defenseless.

a)

Hector

b)

Achilles

c)

Eurylochus

d)

Aeneas

14.

Who were the Hellenes?

a)

Africans

b)

Trojans

c)

Italians

d)

Greeks

15.

Who was the Goddess of Discord and Chaos and sister of Ares, God of War?

a)

Athena

b)

Eris

c)

Hestia

d)

Juno

16.

Ulysses was the King of this island

a)

Greece

b)

Sicily

c)

Cyprus

d)

Ithaca

17.

Who is in this picture?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Atlas

c)

Zeus

d)

Aeolus

18.

What is in the back on top of the figure's head?

a)

gold

b)

wind

c)

apples

d)

chocolate kisses

19.

Bard (check all that apply)

a)

Teacher through songs, raps, rhymes, music

b)

Inspirational

c)

Informative

d)

Oral/Verbal Tradition of Story-Telling of a Culture, History, etc

20.

Just as Tupac Shakur is a modern-day bard, __________ is an ancient bard who preserved the history/heritage of the Trojan War in The Illiad and The Odyssey.

a)

Vergil

b)

Augustus

c)

Homer

d)

Hesiod

21.

How many ships did Ulysses leave Troy with at the end of the Trojan War?

a)

50

b)

20

c)

3

d)

10

22.

Beautiful girls with fishtails were first written about in Homer's Odyssey. These girls are known as

a)

mermaids

b)

goddesses

c)

gypsies

d)

fairies

23.

Eris is the Goddess of Discord? What does Discord mean?

a)

without heart

b)

2 hearts

c)

kind-hearted

d)

broken-hearted

24.

The land where MORPHEUS plays is modern-day________

a)

Libya

b)

Turkey

c)

Spain

d)

France

25.

Who made sleep dark, thick and sad?

a)

Morpheus

b)

Persephone

c)

Hypnos

d)

Juno

26.

Who made dreams possible by making them bright and colorful so that man feel rested?

a)

Athena

b)

Hera

c)

Thetis

d)

Persephone

27.

Who planted the Lotus Flower in Libya where it is "always summer"?

a)

Demeter

b)

Morpheus

c)

Hades

d)

a gardener

28.

What pain medicine/drug today is named after the story of the lotus flower which makes it?

a)

tylenol

b)

robitussin

c)

morphine

d)

penicilin

29.

Libyan peoples are described as

a)

gentle and hospitable

b)

greedy and mean

c)

stressed and busy

d)

industrious and strategic

30.

In the story, lotus flowers taste like

a)

bacon

b)

honey

c)

spinach

d)

perfume

31.

What creature on the island of Sicily was as tall as a tree, had one eye in the middle of forehead and favorite food was human flesh (sailors)?

a)

hydra, the many-headed snake

b)

sirens

c)

cyclopes

d)

centaurs

32.

The name of the BIGGEST Cyclopes whose eye Ulysses put out.

a)

Hephaestus

b)

Polyphemus

c)

Alex

d)

Sisyphus

33.

Ulysses lied, at first, to Polyphemus when he told him his name was_________________.

a)

Harold

b)

Zeus

c)

Nemo

d)

Extremo

34.

Nemo is the Latin word for

a)

cute fish

b)

no man

c)

wounded son

d)

striped thing

35.

What drink did Ulysses offer to Polyphemus to go along with the crunch fresh sailors he was eating?

a)

Goats Milk

b)

Wine

c)

Beer

d)

Nectar

36.

Aeolus, a demi-god loved to eat, drink and (check all that apply)

a)

fight

b)

hear stories

c)

play games

d)

pass gas

37.

What was in the gift bag that Aeolus gave Ulysses?

a)

Aureus (gold)

b)

Pecunia (money)

c)

Cibus (food)

d)

Venti (winds)

38.

Quis est? (Who is this?)

a)

Abraham

b)

Ulysses

c)

Theodore

d)

Dwight

39.

Who turned Ulysses' men into pigs by feeding them yummiest food until they could eat no more?

a)

Aprodite

b)

Hera

c)

Circe

d)

The Sirens

40.

Cyclopes are the sons of this god

a)

Zeus

b)

Hermes

c)

Hades

d)

Poseidon

41.

This messenger god warned Ulysses about Circe?

a)

Hephaestus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hermes

d)

Iris

42.

The wolves and lions on Circe's islands are actually

a)

her former husbands

b)

tadpoles

c)

wolves and lions

d)

gods and goddesses transformed

43.

Cyclone is an English word that is derived from Cyclops in the story of Odysseus.

a)

verum (true)

b)

falsum (false)