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Odyssey + Vocab Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the protagonist (main character) of The Odyssey?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Telemachus

c)

Poseidon

d)

Athena

2.

The Greeks won the Trojan War.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is the name of Odysseus' home?

(a)  

4.

What Greek god causes the storm that wrecks Odysseus' ship in chapter one?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hades

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hermes

5.

Who is Polyphemus?

a)

The Cyclops

b)

One of Odysseus' men

c)

The Siren

d)

Odysseus' mentor

6.

What does Circe turn Odysseus' men into?

a)

Sheep

b)

Cows

c)

Pigs

d)

Goats

7.

What type of creature are Scylla and Charybdis?

a)

Wood Nymphs

b)

Sirens

c)

Cyclops

d)

Fairies

8.

Why does Calypso trap Odysseus on her island?

4 lines
9.

Who is Penelope?

a)

Odysseus' wife

b)

Odysseus' enemy

c)

A goddess

d)

Eumaeus' wife

10.

What does Athena disguise Odysseus into once he returns to Ithaca?

(a)  

11.

Despite not knowing who he is, who invites Odysseus into their home and treats him as a friend?

a)

Eumaeus

b)

Antinous

c)

Athena

d)

Penelope

12.

Eumaeus (Odysseus' swineherd) treats Odysseus very poorly.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The suitors treat the palace well.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Does Penelope want to marry one of the suitors? Explain.

4 lines
15.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


extremely hungry; starving

a)

Ravenous

b)

Trepidation

c)

Carnage

d)

Dissuade

16.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


never-ending; permanent

a)

Enchanted

b)

Melancholic

c)

Perpetual

d)

Weary

17.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


hopeless

a)

Suitor

b)

Despondent

c)

Provisions

d)

Exultant

18.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


triumphantly happy; over-joyed

a)

Scrounge

b)

Exultant

c)

Insolent

d)

Entice

19.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


extremely tired; exhausted

a)

Perpetual

b)

Dissuade

c)

Insolent

d)

Weary

20.

Choose the word that matches this definition:


magical; under a spell

a)

Insolent

b)

Ravenous

c)

Insolent

d)

Enchanted