WorksheetsThe Odyssey, Books 3-4 Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
Telemachus visits Menelaus, who tells him that Odysseus is captive on an island that is called ---
Calypso
Sparta
Rhode
Ogygia
When Telemachus gets to Sparta, what event does he arrive at?
A summer festival
A double wedding feast
Olympic events
An burial
How did Telemachus travel to Sparta?
by ship
by chariot
Athena carried him
wings
Where does Telemachus go after Pylos?
Ithaca
Illion
Sparta
Ogygia
Who Telemachus visit in Sparta?
Menelaus and his wife
Iphthime
Agamemnon
Achilles
What does Telemachus not reveal about himself to the people of Sparta?
His identity
What he knows about Menelaus
How he knows Helen
That Athena is protecting him
Who does King Menelaus tell favorable stories about?
Telemachus
Nestor
Odysseus
Proteus
What does Telemachus do when he hears stories in Sparta?
Lashes out
Weeps
Resolves to find his father
Calls Menelaus a liar
What news do Menelaus and Helen give Telemachus?
That Calypso has Odysseus held prisoner
Odysseus did not survive the voyage home
Odysseus is on the isle of Ogygia
Odysseus survived at Troy
What has Penelope done to enrage her suitors?
She has told Telemachus to tell them to leave
She undoes the knitting on a burial shroud she is making
She has led them on by plying them with wine every night
She has prayed to the gods to save Laertes from battle
What did Clytemnestra do while Agamemnon was at war?
She supported her husband
She killed Agamemnon's mother
She fled from Greece
She married another man
How do Menelaus and Helen know that Telemachus is Odysseus’s son?
There is a distinctive family resemblance.
Athena introduces him as Odysseus’s son.
They received word from Penelope.
Odysseus’s son was prophesied to visit them.
What do Menelaus and Helen say about Odysseus?
They tell Telemachus that they have no news of Odysseus.
They slander Odysseus and discuss his cowardice in battle.
They give examples of his cleverness and masterful disguises.
Menelaus reveals that he and Odysseus fled Troy together.
Who reveals to Menelaus that Odysseus is trapped by Calypso?
Helen
Agamemnon
Proteus
Athena
When Menelaus says, "“It's disgraceful how such wretched cowards want to lie in that brave warrior's bed”," who is he referring to?
Myrmidons
The Suitors on Ithaca
Mentor and Athena
Laertes
What did the people of Pylos sacrifice to Poseidon?
Crops
Lambs
Swans
Black Bulls
How does Nestor feel about Odysseus?
He respects Odysseus.
He is fearful of Odysseus.
He bitterly hates Odysseus.
He is indifferent toward Odysseus.
What is the "Old Man of the Sea" or Proteus' main power?
He is a shapeshifter
He has a invincible sceptor
He is invisible
He has command of many armies
This person killed Agamemnon:
Aegisthus, his wife's lover
Orestes, his son
Clytemnestra, his wife
Odysseus, his friend
To soothe Penelope, Athena makes a "phantom" that tells her to sleep. The phantom is in the form of:
Penelope's sister
Odysseus' mother
Telemachus
Zeus
What do the suitors plan for Telemachus?
To ambush his ship on its return and kill him
To offer him a bribe to pick his mother's suitor
To kill his grandfather, Laertes, as a threat
To marry him off to Ithaca's most eligible virgin
What is Menelaus' most defining physical trait?
His red hair
His giant muscles
His short stature
His blue eyes
HARD! Menelaus gives Telemachus two gifts, one he can't take with him and leaves there and one he is able to bring on the journey home. What are they?
Horses and a gold bowl
A chariot and a dove
Large sheep and a sword
A marble statue of Odysseus and a crown
