WorksheetsReview The Odyssey Part 1 MyPerspectives
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Plundered means. . ..
running from the law
dropped
steal goods especially during a time of war or crisis
an action or strategy to achieve a goal
People who are running away from law enforcement can be called. . . .
plunderers
traitors
avengers
fugitives
To venture means to . . .
go to a dangerous or risky place
to seek revenge on an enemy
to use a strategy
to steal during war
To inflict harm on behalf of someone else is to . . ..
plunder
avenge
venture
dispatch
To direct someone to go to a certain place is to. . .
be a fugitive
plunder
dispatch
use a tactic
An action carefully planned to achieve a goal is a . . . .
tactic
fugitive
venture
dispatch
What causes men to lose interest in returning home?
red wine
cheese
cattle
Lotus flowers
Where does Odysseus show the reader that he is clever?
When he falls asleep and his men eat the cattle
When he tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbody
When he steers his ship between Scylla and the whirlpool
When his men run out of food
If the men had killed the Cyclops, what might have happened to them?
They might have been killed by the sheep.
They might have drowned.
They would have been eaten by the Cyclops.
They would have been trapped in the cave.
Where are Odysseus's men at the end of "The Cattle of the Sun God'?
In a cave
In the ocean
In a river
In the fist of the Cyclops
Who is the father of the Cyclops?
Zeus
Cronus
Hades
Poseidon
How are the Cyclopes different from Odysseus's men?
The have no children or wives.
They have no agriculture, law, or tradition
They do not eat dairy
They have no language
What do Odysseus's men think of his sometimes reckless decisions?
They completely trust him.
They rise up in rebellion against him.
They try to discourage his risky behavior.
They laugh at his behavior.
How does Odysseus protect his men from the songs of the Sirens?
He puts wax in their ears.
He puts cotton in their noses.
He covers their eyes.
He ties them to the masts.
Why does Odysseus insist on having his men tie him up?
So that he does not kill the Cyclops.
So he does not return to Circe.
So he is not lured into danger by the Sirens.
So he does not eat the Lotus.
Most of the Odyssey is told in . . .
flashback
the future
in Hebrew
whispers
What is an epic?
A long narrative poem with heroes that show traits important to the culture.
A long dramatic poem that includes real events and real people.
A long romantic poems that includes dramatic relationships and a death.
A long tragic poem that includes a long journey and monsters.
What do you call a story told out loud and passed on from generation to generation?
epic hero
in media res
oral tradition
flashbacks
What is "in media res"?
in the middle of things
flashbacks
afterwards
a heroic narrator
What are flashbacks?
when the narrator describes events that will take place in the future.
when the narrator describes events took place in the past.
when the narrator starts the story in the middle of things.
when an epic starts with a call to the Muse
