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WorksheetsThe Odyssey Part 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why does most of the Odyssey, Part 1, qualify as a flashback?
Homer interrupts the story of Odysseus's journey home by having Odysseus tell Alcinous of earlier events
Homer opens the narrative with an invocation to the Muse of epic poetry.
In early scenes, Homer hints at the dangers Odysseus will face in future episodes of the epic.
Homer begins the adventures of Odysseus in medias res
In the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly show with these words to Alcinous?
Men hold me Formidable for guile in peace and war: This fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim
admiration for sincerity
admiration for cunning
admiration for peacemaking
admiration for modesty
What danger to Odysseus's men do the Lotus-Eaters pose in the Odyssey, Part 1?
Familiarity with the Lotus-Eaters is dangerous because eating the Lotus will make the men forgetful.
Familiarity with the Lotus-Eaters is dangerous because they are cannibals
The Lotus-Eaters are dishonest and may deliberately mislead the crew about the route home.
The Lotus-Eaters may deliberately cause the winds to subside
Which of these quotations from the Odyssey, Part 1, best illustrates qualities typical of an epic hero?
Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up: no quitting now
. I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, / while our good ship made time, bound outward down / the wind for the strange island of Sirens
In the next land we found were Cyclopes, / giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
We beached her, grinding keel in the soft sand, / and waded in, ourselves on the sandy beach.
In the Odyssey, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells the Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy?
He is courageous
He is an effective leader.
He is trained for battle.
He is clever
In the Odyssey, Part 1, why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?
Odysseus's men convince him that Poseidon will curse them all if they kill the Cyclops
Odysseus is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops.
Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to roll aside the huge stone that blocks the cave's entrance.
Odysseus and his men lack the physical strength to kill the giant
In which of these episodes from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?
The Cyclops
The Lotus-Eaters
The Cattle of the Sun God
The Sirens
At the end of the Cyclops adventure in the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?
He destroys Odysseus's ship.
He prophesies that Odysseus will visit Hades.
He begs his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus.
He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca.
What heroic trait does Odysseus reveal in the Odyssey, Part 1, when he devises a plan to listen to the Sirens' song and yet escape destruction?
faith in the gods
loyalty to those he leads
curiosity about the world
generosity to others
By definition, what makes the Odyssey an epic?
It is a long narrative poem featuring real people and based on actual historical events
It is a long narrative poem that is important to a nation's cultural identity and features a hero
It is a long dramatic poem that includes supernatural elements and features long journeys
It is a long lyric poem that expresses a speaker's strong emotions about actual events.
Which of the following words is the best synonym for assuage?
influence
pacify
antagonize
imitate
Which of the following words is the best antonym for insidious?
enormous
deceitful
harmless
prosperous
Which of the following statements about a simple sentence is correct?
It always has a compound subject.
It always has a compound verb.
It may contain a subordinate clause
It consists of a single independent clause.
