WorksheetsThe Odyssey Books 1, 5, 9 Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
God/ Goddess who appeals to Zeus to get Odysseus released
Hermes
Athena
Artemis
Calypso
God/ Goddess that Zeus sends with the message that Odysseus must be released
Hermes
Athena
Artemis
Calypso
War in which Odysseus was fighting
The Achaen War
The Spartan War
The Polynesian War
The Trojan War
Island home of Odysseus, to which he yearns to return
Ithaca
Hawaii
Jamaica
Crete
How long Odysseus has been held captive on the island by Calypso?
10 years
7 years
5 years
3 years
Who is trying to marry Odysseus’s wife?
Telemachus
Zeus
The Suitors
The Bachelors
Goddess with whom Odysseus has been unfaithful to his wife
Athena
Artemis
Aphrodite
Calypso
Odysseus’ father:
Telemachus
Zeus
Laertes
Icarus
Odysseus’s son
Telemachus
Zeus
Laertes
Polyphemus
Calypso’s island may best be described as
an earthly paradise
an elaborate castle
filled with supernatural creatures
not described, so we use imagination
To attempt to convince Odysseus to stay, Calypso offers
riches
nectar and ambrosia
immortality
becoming ruler of her island
Odysseus finally leaves Calypso’s island, as Zeus had demanded by
swimming to a near island
by raft Odysseus has built
by ship Odysseus has hidden
by supernatural means
Upon entering the Cyclops’ cave, Odysseus men want to
rest awhile in safety
hide so they can launch a sneak attack
steal the cheese and lambs
poison the Cyclops’ food
When the Cyclops sleeps, Odysseus is tempted to kill him, but he realizes he shouldn’t because
the other Cyclopes would avenge him
he is too large to kill with the weapons available
the Cyclops may become a valuable ally
he can’t remove the door stone to escape
After the Cyclops is blinded, he sits blocking the door. Odysseus helps his men escape by
getting the Cyclops drunk with the brandy they brought
attaching sheep to the men, so Cyclops won’t recognize them
poisoning the Cyclops
waiting until the wounded Cyclops bleeds into unconsciousness
What does Odysseus do that results in the Cyclops cursing him?
he taunts him after he and his men have escaped
he steals all his sheep, and therefore his livelihood
he insults his mother with slurs
he blinds him with a sharpened stake
