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WorksheetsThe Odyssey - Book 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who is the narrator speaking to in the first stanza?
Agamemnon
Homer
Odysseus
Penelope
Where is Odysseus at the beginning?
Troy
Island of the Cyclopes
Aeaea
Ogygia
Where is Poseidon during this book?
Ismaros
The Ethiopians (or the end of the world)
The Island of Helios
Ithaca
What has happened to Aegisthus?
He has been killed
He has been on a long journey
He has helped Odysseus
He has been wounded
What does Zeus say is the reason Poseidon hates Odysseus?
Odysseus wounded Poseidon in battle
Odysseus blinded his son
Odysseus had an affair with his wife
Odysseus battled Poseidon for possession of the seas
As whom does Athena disguise herself?
Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
Mentes
Where is Telemachus when we first see him?
Ithaca
Ismaros
The Island of the Lotus Eaters
Telepylos
Before asking his guest questions, what does Telemachus do for him?
Gives him a gift
Feeds him food and water
Saves him from a giant
Finds him a seat
Why are the people feasting in Odysseus' palace?
They want to be entertained by the servants
They want to meet Telemachus
They want to see the inside of the palace
They want to meet and marry Penelope
What advice does Athena give Telemachus?
Stand up for yourself
Warn the suitors
Talk to the people to get a social network
Get information about your dad
Who "longed to marry" Odysseus and kept him in her "vaulted cave"?
Penelope
Athena
Calypso
None of these
WHO SAID - "it is for Odysseus that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt island, far away, poor man, from all his friends."
Telemachus
Penelope
Athena
Antinous
Calypso
In the opening lines, Homer has Zeus speaking of Aegisthus and Orestes. What point is he making by using this story?
The idea of suffering being neccesary
The idea of revenge and balance through an eye for an eye
The idea that men should not blame the gods for all their troubles
The idea that mortals are getting more immoral
Who is Eurycleia?
A suitor
A nymph
A maidservant
An individual mentioned as part of the Trojan War
Who does Homer refer to by "cloud gatherer"?
Helios
Poseidon
Athena
Zeus
