WorksheetsDeath at the Palace
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the test that Penelope gives to the suitors to determine which will win her hand? Why is this test impossible for the suitors?
A wrestling contest.
She weaves a shroud for the one she will marry.
She proposes an archery contest (string the bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe-helve sockets)
A written test.
How does Penelope know that the suitors will not string Odysseus' bow?
She knows that only her son can string it.
She knows that the bow is old and cannot be strung.
She knows that they are not strong enough.
Only Odysseus has ever been able to string it.
Before the contest of the bow, Odysseus asks some nearby servants if they still wished Odysseus were king. What was their response?
They prayed to all of heaven continually that Odysseus would return to be king.
They looked towards the suitors as their new king.
The didn't care either way.
They greatly hated Odysseus for leaving them twenty years ago.
To whom did Odysseus reveal himself right before the contest?
Eurylochus and the Sirens
Eumaeus and Philoetius
Telemachus and the Swineheard
Penelope and the Nurse
What does Odysseus promise Eumaeus and Philoetius for their help in killing the suitors?
Their own servants.
Fine Silk
Gold, Silver, Jewels
Marriages, cattle, and houses built near Odysseus’s.
By winning the contest and killing the suitors, what happened as a result?
He has “rescued” Penelope from the grasp of the suitors.
He restores honor back to his kingdom.
“Won” his own wife back.
All of the above.
Which of the suitors does Odysseus kill first?
Eurycleia
Antinous
Eumaeus
Philoetius
Why does Odysseus kill Antinous first?
He was the most annoying.
He was closest to the kill zone.
He was the leader of the suitors and is about to drink from his (Odysseus) beautiful family cup.
He was the most arrogant of all the suitors.
Why doesn't Odysseus accept a bargain from the suitors?
Because they dishonored his household.
Because they don't have enough treasure to pay for it.
Because it'll take too long to pay for it.
Because the price is too high.
What do you think Odysseus will do to the servants that were evil and sided with the suitors
Stab them.
Throw them in the ocean.
Hang them.
Send them home with the suitors.
