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Latin-The Odyssey: story of Odysseus

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Why did Odysseus pretend to be crazy when Menelaus' men wanted to find him?

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2.

What was Odysseus' response when the Cyclops asked him his name?

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3.

How did the men escape Polyphemus' cave?

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4.

What did the newly blinded Polyphemus ask his father to do?

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5.

What did Zeus steal from Poseidon?

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6.

What happened to Odysseus' men at Circe's dinner table?

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7.

Why did Circe turn Odysseus' men back to humans?

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8.

Why did Circe tell Odysseus to go to the Underworld?

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9.

How can Odysseus save his men from Scylla?

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10.

Why did Odysseus accept Circe as his lover but not Calypso?

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11.

How did Athene protect Odysseus while he was sleeping on Ithaca with treasures around him?

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12.

When did Penelope, wife of Odysseus, say she'd marry again?

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13.

Why did Penelope invite the old man (aka Odysseus) upstairs to talk?

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14.

Why didn't Penelope choose a suitor to marry, like she promised?

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15.

Why did Odysseus scold the old servant woman when she came into the feasting hall?

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