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WorksheetsThe Odyssey - "Coming Home" - "The End"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who conducts Odysseus home by ship after hearing his story?
The Trojans
The Pilotians
The Phaeacians
The Ithacans
How many years has Odysseus been gone from Ithaca before he finally makes it back?
5
10
15
20
We know that Odysseus has returned to Ithaca but the other characters do not. This is an example of which type of literary device?
Situational Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Which goddess is responsible for changing Odysseus’ appearance so that even his son doesn’t recognize him?
Athena
Venus
Circe
Calypso
The fact that Odysseus left Ithaca as a King and returns as a beggar is an example of which type of irony?
Verbal
Dramatic
Situational
When Odysseus states, “It is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low” the reader can assume that
Odysseus is angry at the trials the gods have allowed him to experience
Odysseus is sorry for his pride and has learned his lesson about his need for the gods
Odysseus is resentful that the gods have taught him a very important lesson in humility
Odysseus is fearful he will continue to be punished by the gods even though he is home
Argus is Odysseus'
dog
son
ship
hometown
Antinous is
one of Odysseus' men
one of Penelope's suitors
a great and powerful god
Odysseus' son
What can we tell about Antinous based on his treatment of the beggar?
He is kind and compassionate
He is merciful and giving
He is angry and resentful
He is arrogant and unsympathetic
Why does Penelope want to interview the beggar?
She is hopeful he is Odysseus
She is hopeful he will be her new husband
She is hopeful he knows about Odysseus' location
She is hopeful he can help her defeat the suitors
How did Penelope deceive her suitors for 3 years and keep them on hold waiting for her?
She promised to give them many riches if they would just wait a little longer, knowing that they had spent all of the money
She told them she had to weave a shroud, and when it was finished she would choose a suitor, but she was unweaving the threads at night
She gave each of the suitors many servant girls to appease them while she continued to wait for Odysseus’ return
She told them she could not marry them until her child became a man, and the gods cast a spell on him that caused him to always be young
Which of the following pieces of textual evidence BEST shows the reader that Penelope longs for Odysseus to come home?
“If he returned, if he were here to care for me I might be happily renowned!”
“But you too confide in me, tell me your ancestry. You were not born of mythic oak or stone.”
“Stranger, my looks, my face, my carriage, were soon lost or faded when the Achaeans crossed the sea to Troy.”
“Ruses served my turn to draw the time out.”
How does Penelope plan to choose her new husband?
By praying to the gods for guidance and direction and going with whomever they make her dream about
By letting her servant girls decide who would be best for her
By observing her suitors’ actions over time and choosing the one who is true, faithful, and devoted to her
By letting men string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through 12 ax handle sockets.
Why does Odysseus want ALL the suitors to die?
Because they can fight better than he can
Because they are overcome with disease
Because they are rude to his son
Because they have plundered his house and gone after his wife
Other than Telemachus, who else has been true to Odysseus while he was gone and helps him fight and defeat the suitors?
Eumaeus
Antinous
Charybdis
Scylla
Who is the first suitor Odysseus kills?
Eurymachus
Elpenor
Antinous
Amphinomus
The line “Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels” is an example of which figure of speech?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
What can the reader assume about Odysseus by reading the following line?
“And Odysseus looked around him, narrow-eyed, for any others who had lain hidden while death’s black fury passed.”
Odysseus is worried and afraid someone will sneak up on him and kill him
Odysseus is vengeful and intently scanning the room to make sure all the suitors are dead
Odysseus is brave and eager to kill the rest of the suitors
Odysseus is tired and hoping all the suitors are finally dead
Which of the following pieces of textual evidence BEST shows Odysseus’ anger at what the suitors have done?
“Odysseus glowered under his black brows.”
“Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last.”
“Your last hour has come. You die in blood.”
“While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies.”
How does Odysseus convince Penelope that it really is him and that he’s alive?
By kissing her
By reminding her about the bed and bedroom he constructed years ago
By calling her by a different name that only he and she knew about
By telling her of all his struggles as he tried to get back home
