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The Odyssey Final Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Odyssey is written in _____________ point-of-view.

a)

First person and Third Person

b)

Second person & Third Person

2.

What is Odysseus' homeland?

a)

Sparta

b)

Ithaca

c)

Ismarus

d)

Thrinacia

3.

In the cave of the Cyclops, what did Odysseus first tell the Cyclops his name was?

a)

Menelaus

b)

NoMan

c)

Laertes

d)

He disguised himself as a beggar

4.

The Cyclops is the son of...

a)

Zeus

b)

Hermes

c)

Apollo

d)

Poseidon

5.

Odysseus _______, which resulted in the Cyclops placing a curse on Odysseus.

a)

revealed his true name

b)

stole his favorite ram

c)

ate his cattle

d)

said he hated the gods

6.

What invaluable gift does Aeolus give Odysseus?

a)

A bag of winds

b)

A map

c)

A sword

d)

A ram to sacrifice

7.

Circe turns Odysseus' men into...

a)

goats

b)

pigs

c)

monkeys

d)

bunnies

8.

Which of his own relatives does Odysseus see in the Underworld?

a)

Father

b)

Mother

c)

Wife

d)

Son

9.

_______:These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and men forget their homes.

a)

The Lotus-Eaters

b)

The Sirens

c)

The Six-headed Scylla

d)

The Laestrygonians

10.

This product stopped Odysseus' men from hearing a song that would cause them to crash or abandon their will to go home.

a)

QTips

b)

Clay

c)

Mud

d)

Beeswax

11.

Scylla was a ______, and Charybdis was a _____

a)

the devil; Medusa

b)

a one-eyed monster; a sinkhole in the ground

c)

a cannibalistic tribe; a giant king

d)

a 6-headed monster; vicious whirlpool

12.

The cattle of the Sun God live on the island of...

a)

Thrinacia

b)

Sparta

c)

Ismarus

d)

Thrace

13.

_____ sent the final lightening bolt the killed the remainder of Odysseus' men.

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades

14.

Who did Odysseus spend seven years with after he was lost at sea?

a)

Calypso

b)

The Sirens

c)

Circe

d)

The Phaecians

15.

Athena disguises Odysseus as a _______.

a)

Sailor

b)

Beggar

c)

Suitor

d)

Soldier

16.

Penelope fools the suitors by weaving a _____ and unweaving it every night.

a)

Scarf

b)

Sweater

c)

Shroud

d)

A baby blanket

17.

The leaders of the suitors are...

a)

Antinous & Eurymachus

b)

Polites & Elpenor

c)

Eurylochus & Anticlea

d)

Eurybates & Hades

18.

To win Penelope's hand, the suitors must string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through...

a)

16 apples

b)

9 of her most valued rings

c)

5 cow hearts

d)

12 ax rings

19.

Odysseus let _____ of the suitors live.

a)

Antinous

b)

Eurymachus

c)

None

d)

One

20.

Odysseus & Penelope's _____ could not have been moved without it being cut up; this is how Penelope knows that the real Odysseus has returned.

a)

bed

b)

dresser

c)

mirror

d)

altar