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WorksheetsThe Odyssey - Final Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5mins
Odysseus has been away from home
10 years
15 years
20 years
40 years
The home of the Gods’ is called
Styx
Olympus
Paradise
Phaeacia
When Athena first meets Telemachus, who is she disguised as?
Mentes
Odysseus
Penelope
Laertes
In order to ensure that she doesn’t have to choose a suitor for a husband, Penelope:
has Telemachus tell the suitors that she isn’t interested.
secretly unravels a shroud she is supposed to be finishing.
tells the suitors to leave Ithaca at once.
states that she believes her husband is alive, so she can’t remarry.
Calypso allows Odysseus to leave her island because —
she understands his grief and cannot bear to see him suffer
Hermes has told her that Zeus has ordered it
Hermes thinks that Odysseus has spent enough time in exile
Penelope is growing old and needs his assistance
After Odysseus’s men eat the lotus plant, they —
fall ill and die
are captured by the Lotus Eaters
are thrown into the sea
forget their homeland
Nausicaa
brings the hero to her home
provides Odysseus with a boat to leave
tells Odysseus to carry the linen home
turns Odysseus’ men into animals
Why does Odysseus blind Polyphemus rather than kill him?
Teiresias and Circe have advised him to do so.
Odysseus takes pity on the Cyclops.
Only Polyphemus can move the boulder blocking the cave’s entrance.
Odysseus knows that killing Polyphemus will anger Poseidon.
From what we discover about Circe, we can assume that her tame wolves and mountains lions are
constantly drugged into a stupor
men transformed into animals
trained to attack on command
gods in animal disguise
Who gives Odysseus advice on how not to be bewitched by Circe?
Athena
Hermes
Zeus
Telemachus
What does Teiresias require in order to provide Odysseus with a prophecy?
Light
Payment
A taste of Blood
Permission
How did Elpenor die?
He died at Troy
Polyphemus ate him
He fell off Circe’s roof
He drowned
The sailors cannot hear the siren song because
the boat sails out of range
the lashing of the waves against the ship is too severe
they have wax in their ears
they are singing too loudly
Odysseus sees all of the following people in the underworld, EXCEPT
Laertes
his mom
Achilles
Elpenor
At Alcinous’ palace, what game does Odysseus compete in, and win?
Wrestling
Shot Put
Discus
Long Jump
When Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus, his son —
confuses him with the swineherd
thinks only a god could make such a transformation
accuses him of abandoning his mother
asks for proof that Odysseus is his father
To enlist the aid of the swineherd in his battle with the suitors, Odysseus —
explains that Athena has willed his participation
offers him wives, cattle, and houses
tells him that it is his duty to help him
plays on his affection for Penelope
Odysseus proves his identity to Penelope by —
summoning Argos with a secret name
showing her the secret passage under their bed
telling her how he built their bed
telling her how the two of them met
When Odysseus and his crew are leaving the land of the Cyclops, Odysseus
gives a fictitious name
apologizes for his actions
brags about himself and gives his identity
dares the Cyclops to chase him
In the battle against the suitors, Odysseus is aided by
Telemachus, the goatherd, and the swineherd
Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Antinous
Telemachus, the cowherd, and the swineherd
Telemachus and only the swineherd
