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Odyssey: Books 11,12,13

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Odysseus's mother's name?

a)

Athena

b)

Anticlea

c)

Penelope

d)

Antinous

2.

What does Odysseus do to call the souls of the dead to him?

a)

Nothing. He just sees them.

b)

He yells to them.

c)

Digs a trench and fill it with blood offerings.

d)

He prays to the gods.

3.

In this book 11 Odysseus travels to?

a)

Ithaca

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Back to Calypso

d)

The Underworld

4.

What is a shade?

a)

Traveling by sea

b)

a young cow

c)

Extreme mental distress

d)

A ghost or spirit

5.

What is the blind prophet's name?

a)

Tiresias

b)

Polyphemus

c)

Circe

d)

Antinous

6.

What does Elpenor ask of Odysseus?

a)

to take him with them

b)

to give him blood

c)

to go back and bury his body

d)

to give him treasure

7.

Why is Odysseus so grieved to see his mother?

a)

They didn't get along.

b)

She died from grief while he was away.

c)

She would haunt him.

d)

She would now become a monster.

8.

Why are the sirens dangerous?

a)

Their song makes the men drown.

b)

Their beauty makes the men jump into the water.

c)

The create whirlpool

d)

They will snap the mens' necks.

9.

What do the men have to do to get past the sirens?

a)

Nothing

b)

Sing a song back to them

c)

Create a diversion

d)

plug their ears with wax

10.

How is Scylla described?

a)

Giant dolphin monster

b)

A six headed monster

c)

20 heads and 6 legs

d)

A giant whirlpool monster

11.

Who is Charybdis?

a)

20 legs and 6 heads

b)

God of Wind

c)

A singing monster

d)

Whirlpool monster

12.

Charybdis and Scylla are both?

a)

Female

b)

Male

13.

What did Zeus do in response to the men eating a cow?

a)

Nothing, he was surprisingly okay with it.

b)

Threw lightning bolts and destroyed the ship, which killed all of Odysseus's men.

c)

Sunk the ship with help from Poseidon

d)

Ordered Charybdis to drag down the ship

14.

As retribution of helping Odysseus, Zeus allows Poseidon to drop a mountain on the Phaeaceans?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How long does it take Odysseus to travel from Phaeacea to Ithaca?

a)

One day

b)

One week

c)

One month

d)

One year

16.

Why doesn't Odysseus recognize Ithaca?

a)

He has been gone so long that the landscape has changed

b)

Athena creates a mist around him, making all seem unfamiliar

c)

Ithaca has been enchanted by Zeus

d)

He has simply forgotten what his homeland looks like after such a long absence

17.

How does Athena disguise Odysseus so that he may travel around Ithaca in secret?

a)

blacksmith

b)

pig herder

c)

sailor

d)

beggar

18.

How long as Odysseus been gone?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

15 years

d)

20 years

19.

Why does Poseidon hate Odysseus?

a)

He blinded his son.

b)

Poseidon loves Calypso.

c)

He ate his cows.

d)

He listened to the sirens.

20.

What are the suitors doing?

a)

They are abusing hospitality.

b)

They have left, they are sick of waiting for Penelope.

c)

They have killed Telemachus.

d)

They got the gods on their side.