WorksheetsThe Odyssey Part 1 Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a long narrative poem called?
Epic
Novella
Hero's Journey
Plot
This type of character is a larger-than-life person who embodies a culture's values.
Epic Hero
Protagonist
Antagonist
Archetype
This is another word for a character's many nicknames, like "master mariner" and "son of Laertes."
Epic Simile
Epithet
Exposition
Ellipsis
This is the name for a very long comparison using "like" or "as."
Epic
Metaphor
Analogy
Epic Simile
Odysseus plundered the stronghold on the heights of Troy. What does "plunder" mean?
To burn
To take by force
To burst in unannounced
To destroy
When Odysseus attacked the Cicones, some fugitives fled inland to call for reinforcements. What does "fugitive" mean?
a person who runs from danger
a prisoner
a warrior
a law-breaker
Zeus will avenge the guests who are shown poor hospitality. What does "avenge" mean?
to get revenge
give someone gifts
show good hospitality
to kill Thanos
Odysseus is famous for his use of clever tactics. What are "tactics"?
jokes
lies
military strategies
ways of speaking
One reason it takes Odysseus so long to get home is because he tells the cyclops his name. Who is the cyclops' powerful father?
Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Ares
Odysseus was imprisoned by which sorceress and goddess before she eventually told him how to get home?
Circe
Athena
Aphoridte
Penelope
Odysseus ventures to the underworld to see Tiresius. What is unique about Tiresius?
She is his mother
He is a blind prophet
He was one of Odysseus' friends
He is the god of the winds
Odysseus faces and survives all of these dangers toward the end of Part 1 EXCEPT:
the singing of the Sirens
the hydra Scylla
the whirlpool of Charybdis
a fight with Ares
Why does most of the Odyssey, Part 1, qualify as a flashback?
Homer interrupts the story of Odysseus's journey home by having Odysseus tell Alcinous of earlier events
Homer opens the narrative with an invocation to the Muse of epic poetry.
In early scenes, Homer hints at the dangers Odysseus will face in future episodes of the epic.
Homer begins the adventures of Odysseus in medias res
In the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly show with these words to Alcinous?
Men hold me Formidable for guile in peace and war: This fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim
admiration for sincerity
admiration for cunning
admiration for peacemaking
admiration for modesty
Which of these quotations from the Odyssey, Part 1, best illustrates qualities typical of an epic hero?
Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up: no quitting now
. I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, / while our good ship made time, bound outward down / the wind for the strange island of Sirens
In the next land we found were Cyclopes, / giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
We beached her, grinding keel in the soft sand, / and waded in, ourselves on the sandy beach.
In the Odyssey, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells the Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy?
He is courageous
He is an effective leader.
He is trained for battle.
He is clever
In the Odyssey, Part 1, why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?
Odysseus's men convince him that Poseidon will curse them all if they kill the Cyclops
Odysseus is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops.
Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to roll aside the huge stone that blocks the cave's entrance.
Odysseus and his men lack the physical strength to kill the giant
In which of these episodes from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?
The Cyclops
The Lotus-Eaters
The Cattle of the Sun God
The Sirens
At the end of the Cyclops adventure in the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?
He destroys Odysseus's ship.
He prophesies that Odysseus will visit Hades.
He begs his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus.
He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca.
By definition, what makes the Odyssey an epic?
It is a long narrative poem featuring real people and based on actual historical events
It is a long narrative poem that is important to a nation's cultural identity and features a hero
It is a long dramatic poem that includes supernatural elements and features long journeys
It is a long lyric poem that expresses a speaker's strong emotions about actual events.
Which of the following statements about a simple sentence is correct?
It always has a compound subject.
It always has a compound verb.
It may contain a subordinate clause
It consists of a single independent clause.
