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Odyssey Book #9 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does Odysseus go after the Trojan War ends?

a)

He lands on Calypso's Island

b)

He goes home to Penelope

c)

He raids the island of the Cicones

d)

He fights with Poseidon

2.

According to Podcast #8, why does Odysseus and his men stop on the island of the Lotus Eaters?

a)

Odysseus loves exploring islands and the men want treasure

b)

They had been pushed out to sea by a wind or maybe a god and ran out of water

c)

They want to go to the Lotus Hotel to gamble

d)

Odysseus and his men think the Lotus Eaters will throw them a big party and feast

3.

What happens when Odysseus' men are exposed to the Lotus Eaters?

a)

The Lotus flower causes the men to lose their desire to return home

b)

The Lotus flower gives the men incredible strength and courage

c)

The Lotus flower makes the men sleep all day

d)

The Lotus flower is sweet and tastes similar to chocolate

4.

Where does Odysseus and his men go after the Lotus Eaters?

a)

The Land of the Sirens

b)

The Land of the Dead

c)

Back to Ithaka

d)

The Land of the Cyclops

5.

What is the name Odysseus gives to the cyclops in the cave?

a)

I am Odysseus, the favorite human of Zeus

b)

I am Odysseus, Laertes son

c)

I am Odysseus, protected by the goddess Athena

d)

My name is Nohbdy, everyone calls me Nohbdy

6.

How do Odysseus and his men escape the Cyclops?

a)

Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops with a spike and tie themselves to the bellies of the sheep who walk out of the cave when the Cyclops moves the rock

b)

All of Odysseus' men fight the cyclops and force him to open the rock door

c)

The older brother of the Cyclops comes, opens the door, and Odysseus and his men run out

d)

Athena sends down a strike of her sword, cracks the rock open, and Odysseus and his men run out.

7.

Who says, "You are a ninny, or else you come from the other end of nowhere, telling me to mind the gods!"

a)

Cicones King

b)

King Alcinous

c)

Polyphemus the Cyclops

d)

Circe the Enchantress

8.

Who is Polyphemus' father?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Zeus

c)

Hades

d)

Hermes

9.

According to Podcast #8, what might be one of the reasons Odysseus tells King Alcinous his name?

a)

He wanted to impress the King

b)

If the King knows his name he would or could send word to Penelope and Telemakhos regarding what has happened to him

c)

He wants Poseidon to know he has made it to King Alcinous' island

d)

He wants to brag about all of his adventures

10.

Who says, "O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal?..."

a)

Odysseus

b)

Athena

c)

Eurymakhos

d)

Eurymus

11.

In Podcast #8, where does Odysseus stop when he comes to the Land of the Cyclops

a)

Odysseus and his men land on the Cyclops' Island

b)

He doesn't land anywhere he just watches the Cyclops from his boat as it floats on the sea

c)

Odysseus lands on a deserted island across the bay from the Cyclops' Island where they feast on wild goats and watch the Cyclops

d)

Odysseus never stops he just makes up this story to impress the king

12.

Who says, "Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!"

a)

Athena

b)

Eurymus

c)

Poseidon

d)

Odysseus

13.

In Podcast #8, why doesn't Odysseus listen to his men who say to just take the food, goats, and leave the Cyclops' cave?

a)

Odysseus wants to meet the Cyclops due to his curiosity

b)

We do not know why he doesn't leave

c)

Odysseus is brave and famous, so he thinks everyone wants to meet him

d)

Odysseus' men, actually, think it will be cool to meet a cyclops

14.

In Podcast #9, we learn that the Cyclops...

a)

Love the Greeks as much as the gods do

b)

The Cyclops do not fear the gods, they do not fear anything

c)

Are not monsters, but educated old souls

d)

Are just shepherds who want to be left alone

15.

In Podcast #9, we learn that Odysseus only has _____ men when they get ready to stab the cyclops in his eye.

a)

4 men are left

b)

6 men are left

c)

10 men are left

d)

8 men are left

16.

Who says, "...if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes's son, I mean, who kept his hall on Ithaca."

a)

Odysseus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Calypso

d)

Polyphemus

17.

Who says, "Godsake, Captain! Why bait the beast again? Let him alone! The tidal wave he made on the first throw all but beached us."

a)

Athena

b)

Odysseus' Soldiers

c)

Telemakhos

d)

Zeus

18.

What character traits, that Athena would respect, do we see Odysseus demonstrate with the Cyclops?

a)

Guile, Bravery, and Intelligence

b)

Stupidity, Curiosity, and Thirst for Respect

c)

Stubbornness, Arrogance, and Hubris

d)

Desire to Win and Desire to Best the Cyclops

19.

Who says, "What ails you, Polyphemus? Why do you cry so sore in a starry night? You will not let us sleep...No man has tricked you, ruined you?"

a)

The god of the sea, Poseidon

b)

The other Cyclops on the island

c)

The god of messengers, Hermes

d)

Odysseus and his soldiers

20.

In Podcast #9, Odysseus is compared to which Marvel Hero

a)

Hulk

b)

Spiderman

c)

Iron Man

d)

Captain America