WorksheetsOdyssey Book #9 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where does Odysseus go after the Trojan War ends?
He lands on Calypso's Island
He goes home to Penelope
He raids the island of the Cicones
He fights with Poseidon
According to Podcast #8, why does Odysseus and his men stop on the island of the Lotus Eaters?
Odysseus loves exploring islands and the men want treasure
They had been pushed out to sea by a wind or maybe a god and ran out of water
They want to go to the Lotus Hotel to gamble
Odysseus and his men think the Lotus Eaters will throw them a big party and feast
What happens when Odysseus' men are exposed to the Lotus Eaters?
The Lotus flower causes the men to lose their desire to return home
The Lotus flower gives the men incredible strength and courage
The Lotus flower makes the men sleep all day
The Lotus flower is sweet and tastes similar to chocolate
Where does Odysseus and his men go after the Lotus Eaters?
The Land of the Sirens
The Land of the Dead
Back to Ithaka
The Land of the Cyclops
What is the name Odysseus gives to the cyclops in the cave?
I am Odysseus, the favorite human of Zeus
I am Odysseus, Laertes son
I am Odysseus, protected by the goddess Athena
My name is Nohbdy, everyone calls me Nohbdy
How do Odysseus and his men escape the Cyclops?
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
All of Odysseus' men fight the cyclops and force him to open the rock door
The older brother of the Cyclops comes, opens the door, and Odysseus and his men run out
Athena sends down a strike of her sword, cracks the rock open, and Odysseus and his men run out.
Who says, "You are a ninny, or else you come from the other end of nowhere, telling me to mind the gods!"
Cicones King
King Alcinous
Polyphemus the Cyclops
Circe the Enchantress
Who is Polyphemus' father?
Poseidon
Zeus
Hades
Hermes
According to Podcast #8, what might be one of the reasons Odysseus tells King Alcinous his name?
He wanted to impress the King
If the King knows his name he would or could send word to Penelope and Telemakhos regarding what has happened to him
He wants Poseidon to know he has made it to King Alcinous' island
He wants to brag about all of his adventures
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?..."
Odysseus
Athena
Eurymakhos
Eurymus
In Podcast #8, where does Odysseus stop when he comes to the Land of the Cyclops
Odysseus and his men land on the Cyclops' Island
He doesn't land anywhere he just watches the Cyclops from his boat as it floats on the sea
Odysseus lands on a deserted island across the bay from the Cyclops' Island where they feast on wild goats and watch the Cyclops
Odysseus never stops he just makes up this story to impress the king
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!"
Athena
Eurymus
Poseidon
Odysseus
In Podcast #8, why doesn't Odysseus listen to his men who say to just take the food, goats, and leave the Cyclops' cave?
Odysseus wants to meet the Cyclops due to his curiosity
We do not know why he doesn't leave
Odysseus is brave and famous, so he thinks everyone wants to meet him
Odysseus' men, actually, think it will be cool to meet a cyclops
In Podcast #9, we learn that the Cyclops...
Love the Greeks as much as the gods do
The Cyclops do not fear the gods, they do not fear anything
Are not monsters, but educated old souls
Are just shepherds who want to be left alone
In Podcast #9, we learn that Odysseus only has _____ men when they get ready to stab the cyclops in his eye.
4 men are left
6 men are left
10 men are left
8 men are left
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."
Odysseus
Poseidon
Calypso
Polyphemus
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."
Athena
Odysseus' Soldiers
Telemakhos
Zeus
What character traits, that Athena would respect, do we see Odysseus demonstrate with the Cyclops?
Guile, Bravery, and Intelligence
Stupidity, Curiosity, and Thirst for Respect
Stubbornness, Arrogance, and Hubris
Desire to Win and Desire to Best the Cyclops
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?"
The god of the sea, Poseidon
The other Cyclops on the island
The god of messengers, Hermes
Odysseus and his soldiers
In Podcast #9, Odysseus is compared to which Marvel Hero
Hulk
Spiderman
Iron Man
Captain America
