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WorksheetsOdyssey Book 19
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who did the geese in Penelope’s dream represent
Odysseus
The suitors
Telemachus
Eurycleia
What challenge has Penelope created for the suitors
Shooting an arrow through a flaming hoop
Shooting an arrow through 12 axes
Shooting an apple off Telemachus’ head
None of the above
Where did Odysseus’ scar come from
A ram
A bow and arrow
A boar
A sword
As she is giving him a foot bath, how does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus as his true self?
A mole on the sole of his foot
A scar on his leg
A missing toe on his right foot
A birthmark on his foot
In what guise does Odysseus appear in Penelope's prophetic dream?
Mountain Lion
Vulture
Eagle
Bear
What clever trick did Penelope play in the suitors?
cooked them poisonous food
unravelled her weaving each night
hid in the food storehouse
re-arranged their furniture
Where does the disguised Odysseus tell Penelope he comes from?
Argos
Mycenae
Phrygia
Crete
What does Penelope ask the disguised Odysseus about her husband (as proof that he really did meet him)?
What did his voice sound like
Who was his helmsman
What clothes did he wear
What was his dog’s name
Who apparently named Odysseus?
his father
his mother
his grandfather
Athena
What is the name of Odysseus’ grandfather?
Automedon
Autolycus
Autonoe
Laertes
What does Telemachus help Odysseus do at the start of this book?
argue with the suitors
punish the slave-women
fight against the suitors
put the weapons away in cupboards
What is the name of the slave-woman who speaks rudely to Odysseus in this book?
Eurycleia
Gelantho
Eurymantho
Melantho
Homer says that Penelope arrives ‘looking like Artemis or golden Aphrodite’: what is this an example of?
epithet
simile
metaphor
gruesome detail
Homer describes how disguised Odysseus talks about how he met Odysseus and thought he was a great guy : what is this an example of?
dramatic irony
simile
metaphor
gruesome detail
Wise Penelope was first to break the silence: ‘Friend, I have one more thing to ask you, a little thing since it will soon be time for soothing sleep, at least for those who can find rest despite their grief.’ What is this an example of?
dramatic irony
simile
metaphor
direct speech
*resourceful Odysseus
*wise Penelope
*long-suffering Odysseus
*Zeus, the son of Cronos
What are these examples of?
dramatic irony
simile
epithets
direct speech
