WorksheetsThe Odyssey Books 10, 11, & 12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In Book 10, Circe tells Odysseus he must speak to whom in the Land of the Dead?
His Mother
Athena
Tiresias
Poseidon
In Book 10, when Odysseus arrives on Aeaea (Circe's Island), he sends a team of scouts to investigate the are, but the men do not return...why?
The men kill a pig and decide not to share it with Odysseus
They find lotus flowers and eat all they can find and lose their will to go home
They meet a siren and can't get away from her
They are turned into pigs
Who does Odysseus see in the Land of the Dead?
Poseidon and Athena
Elpenor, his Mother, and Tiresias
All the soldiers who died at Troy
His brother and sister who died when they were children
According to Circe, which monster will Odysseus and his men encounter first?
Shades
Scylla
Sirens
Charybdis
What does Odysseus do to protect his men from the Sirens?
He ties them to the benches
He leaves his men with Circe
He keeps his men on the boat; they do not go to the island
He plugs their ears with beeswax
In Podcast 10, we learn how many men are left when Odysseus sails for the island of Aeaea, home of Circe. How many men are with him at this point in the story?
45 men
200 men
No men
24 men
How did Odysseus know six men would be eaten by Scylla? Choose all that apply
He doesn't know; he has never seen the Scylla before
The Scylla has six heads
Odysseus learns the monster will eat one man for each gullet
Circe told him this would happen and he could not stop it
In Book 10, who does this describe, "Down to the ship [he] came running to cry alarm, foul magic doomed his men! But working with dry lips to speak a word he could not, being so shaken; blinding tears welled in his eyes; foreboding filled his heart."
Odysseus
Elpenor
Eurylochus
Telemakhos
In Podcast 10, we learn Circe's story. Why was Circe sentenced to live on the Island of Aeaea alone for the rest of her existence?
She made her cousins, Zeus and the Olympians, mad
She angered her father Helios by practicing magic
She would not marry the man chosen for her
She turned the beautiful nymph, Scylla, into a horrible monster because she was jealous of her
Who owns the cattle that Odysseus and his men find on the island of Thrinacia?
Helios
Zeus
Atlas
Apollo
Why is Odysseus told to sail closer to Scylla than to Charybdis?
Circe feels bad for Scylla
Charybdis is an enemy of many gods
Scylla will take fewer men than Charybdis
Charybdis is a friend of Poseidon and Odysseus is mad at this god
In Book 11, who says this to Odysseus, "‘Great captain, a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek. But anguish lies ahead; the god who thunders on the land prepares it, not to be shaken from your track, implacable, in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded. One narrow strait may take you through his blows: denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates. But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew. Though you survive alone, bereft of all companions, lost for years, under strange sail shall you come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady."
Zeus
Tiresias
Poseidon
His mother
In Podcast 11, we learn about Odysseus' mother and her death. How does his mother die?
She was old and just died
She became pregnant and died in childbirth
She dies of a broken heart waiting for Odysseus to return
Laertes leaves her to live in the country and be a Shepard
In Podcast 11, we lean about the Underworld. How many regions exist in the Underworld
2 Regions - Tartarus and Elysian Fields
3 Regions - Tartarus, Elysian Fields, and Asphodel Meadows
4 Regions - Tartarus, Elysian Fields, Fields of Mourning, and Asphodel Meadows
5 Regions - Tartarus, Elysian Fields, Fields of Mourning, Fields of Demi-Gods and Heroes, and Asphodel Meadows
Odysseus is retelling his story to King Alcinous using which literary technique?
A Memory
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Imagery
In Podcast 12, we learn that the Sirens are described in Greek Mythology as
Dolphins with a woman's head
Birds with a woman's head
Horses with a woman's head
Vultures with a woman's head
In Book 11, Odysseus learns that...
The Wind god will try to kill him
Circe will trick him and he will never reach home
Penelope has married another man and is Kingdom is lost
He will return home alone, all his men will die
In Book 12, who says, "‘Must you have battle in your heart forever? The bloody toil of combat? Old contender, will you not yield to the immortal gods? That nightmare cannot die, being eternal evil itself—horror, and pain, and chaos; there is no fighting her, no power can fight her, all that avails is flight."
Circe says this to Odysseus
Tiresias says this to Odysseus
Athena whispers this to Odysseus in a dream
Penelope whispers this on the wind and Odysseus hears it
In Book 12, who says this, "‘Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us? Now I say by hook or crook this peril too shall be something that we remember. Heads up, lads! We must obey the orders as I give them."
Eurylochus
Odysseus
Antilochus
Eumaeus
In Book 12, after Odysseus and his men land on the island of Thrinacia, what happens?
Odysseus' men eat Helio's cattle and Zeus sends a thunder bolt that destroys their ship and kills all the men
Odysseus and his men celebrate surviving Charybdis
Odysseus and his men meet up with Telemachus and plan to attack the suitors
Odysseus forces his men to sail past Thrinacia
