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The Odyssey and Vocab Part III

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a story told many times that serves to explain something about the world or a historical event
a)
epic
b)
myth
c)
invocation
d)
rhapsode
2.

Who doesn't put beeswax in their ears with the sirens?

a)

All of the men

b)

Zeus

c)

Odysseus

d)

The sirens

3.
She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.
a)
Cyclops
b)
Calypso
c)
Scylla
d)
Penelope
4.

Odysseus' wife has been

a)

waiting for 10 years

b)

raising their son

c)

fighting off suitors

d)

all are correct

5.

While Odysseus has been gone, suitors have been:

a)

Attacking his cattle and home

b)

Trying to steal his wife

c)

Plotting to kill his son

d)

All of these are correct.

6.

Penelope had to make Odysseus' dad a shroud because...

a)

he was going swimming

b)

he needed a coat

c)

he outgrew his old one

d)

he would soon die

7.
___________ appeals to Zeus to help Odysseus get home.
a)
Muse
b)
Penelope
c)
Athena
d)
Ares
8.
For seven years, Odysseus is held captive by:
a)
Hermes
b)
Circe
c)
Calypso
d)
Polyphemus
9.
Calypso kept Odysseus on her island to
a)
"be her husband"
b)
fight her battles
c)
kill the cyclops
d)
marry her sister
10.
Calypso is instructed to build a raft by _______.
a)
Zeus, through Hermes
b)
Zeus, through Athena
c)
Poseidon, through Hermes
d)
Hermes, through Athena
11.
Who is Laertes' son?
a)
Polyphemus
b)
Odysseus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Circe
12.
"...the Dawn with fingertips of rose..." is:
a)
an epic simile
b)
personification
c)
an epithet
d)
an allusion
13.

Who is Odysseus's son?

a)

Antinous

b)

Alcinous

c)

Telemachus

d)

Teletubby

14.
What does Athena do to keep the Phaeacians from harassing Odysseus?
a)
She puts a heavy, protective mist around him 
b)
She keeps him from leaving the island of Lesbos
c)
She kills the Phaeacians
d)
She is unable to keep the harassment from happening
15.
Who was the king of the Phaeacian people?
a)
Alcinous
b)
Odysseus
c)
Telemachus
d)
Poseidon
16.

What is the name of the queen of Phaeacia?

a)

Phaeacia

b)

Alcinous

c)

Polyphemus

d)

Arete

17.

What was the Phaecian queen doing when Odysseus found her?

a)

weaving

b)

teaching

c)

sensuality

d)

cooking

18.

Odysseus finds King Alcinous' palace is:

a)

in ruins and ashes

b)

dazzling and filled with dazzling people

c)

massive and forbidding

d)

gaudy and overdone

19.

The first thing Odysseus does when he sees the king and queen is:

a)

Throw himself at the feet of the queen, begging

b)

Fire an arrow into the nearest target to show his strength

c)

Takes the king's hand and tell him how much he admires the palace

d)

Stand in front of them and announce that he is the son of good Laertes

20.

Odysseus asks King Alcinous to give him:

a)

A sheep to sacrifice

b)

Passage home

c)

A gold-tipped spear

d)

His daughter, as a second wife

21.

King Alcinous offers, if Odysseus wants to stay:

a)

his daughter in marriage

b)

a whole army to command

c)

a right-hand position in his sentry

d)

immortality

22.

What words would describe the setting of Ithaca?

a)

Rocky and Rough

b)

Wet and Humid

c)

Snowy and Cold

d)

Rainy and Cloudy

23.

King Alcinous had to give Odysseus these to carry his treasures in.

a)

coffers

b)

cannons

c)

coffee

d)

coins

24.

King Alcinous gave Odysseus gifts generously not_____

a)

unwittingly

b)

tearfully

c)

grudgingly

d)

respectfully

25.

Poseidon was angry because when Odysseus returned to Ithaca he was not________.

a)

depressed

b)

destitute

c)

defiled

d)

happy