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WorksheetsThe Odyssey Final
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 4hrs 25mins
What do the letters BCE stand for?
(a)
What do the letters CE stand for?
(a)
Another way that historians mark time is using BC vs AD. What does BC stand for?
(a)
What does AD stand for?
(a)
Approximately when were The Iliad and The Odyssey created?
Circa 1920 A.D.
Between 900 and 700 B.C.
5000 B.C.E.
1900 C.E.
Who is credited with creating The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Harper Lee
Homer
John Steinbeck
William Shakespeare
Homer was blind.
True
False
What does an "oral" story mean?
A written story
An e-mailed story
A spoken story
An illustrated story
Which of the following was NOT true about the poets, like Homer, in Ancient Greece?
They wrote down their poetry in large books.
They sang their poetry and composed music for it.
They made up and composed parts of the poem on the spot.
They performed in front of audiences.
An epic is
a very short poem with no heroes.
a very long poem with great heroes.
a play with no heroes.
a short story with great heroes.
In which body of water does The Odyssey take place?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Mediterranean Sea
The Black Sea
The Adriatic
Who is Odysseus?
A monster.
God of wine.
God of the sun.
A soldier and king of Ithaca.
What war does Odysseus fight in?
The Trojan War
The Polynesian War
The Civil War
The Peloponnesian War
Helen was famously known as:
the lady with the skin as fair as porcelain
the face that launched a thousand ships
the face that made all the men faint
What idea does Odysseus come up with that ultimately ends the Trojan war?
Building a wall around Troy
getting Apollo involved
creating a giant wooden horse
Building an invincible ship
What is Odysseus’s main goal throughout the story?
To defeat the Trojans
To marry Helen
To get revenge on Hera
To get home
How long did it take Odysseus to get home after the Trojan War ended?
5 years
10 years
20 years
30 years
Why did it take so long for Odysseus to make it home?
He was an idiot who kept getting lost.
He was trying to avoid going home because he hated his life.
He angered the ocean god Poseidon who kept him from getting back to his island home.
His home was destroyed while he was away, and he had to find his family.
Odysseus' home and his wife are being bothered by
a horrible plague.
a drought.
a group of suitors who want to marry his wife.
a flood.
Posideon
is the brother of Zeus.
is the god of the ocean and seas.
hates Odysseus.
All of the above.
Athena is the goddess of
agriculture.
wisdom.
poetry.
Sparta.
Aphrodite is the goddess of
marriage
love
birds
childbirth
The messenger god is...
Cupid
Eros
Hermes
Apollo
Who is Odysseus's wife?
Penelope
Patricia
Peter Parker
Persephone
Telemachus is
one of Odysseus' men.
the Greek god of war.
Odysseus' son.
Odysseus' wife.
Odysseus is helped by
Athena and Hermes.
Poseidon and Hades.
Hera and Zeus.
Apollo and Artemis.
After Odysseus’s men eat the lotus plant, they —
fall ill and die
are captured by the Lotus Eaters
are thrown into the sea
are in a trance and forget their homeland
What is something that happened to Odysseus on his journey home?
He was turned into a cow.
He crashed his ship after being sleep deprived.
He got lost and ended up in England.
He was almost eaten by a one eyed giant Cyclops.
The cyclops's real name is...
Percy
Polyphemus
Posideon
Peter Parker
Polyphemus' father is
Zeus.
Ares.
Hades.
Poseidon.
Odysseus tells Polyphemus
that his name is Nobody.
that he has ten ships in the harbor.
that he is returning home from the Trojan War.
that he wants to buy sheep and goats from Polyphemus.
How does Odysseus blind the cyclops?
Gets him drunk and stabs him.
Throws acid in his eye.
Camera flash.
He doesn't blind him.
Why does Odysseus blind Polyphemus rather than kill him?
Teiresias and Circe have advised him to do so.
Odysseus takes pity on the Cyclops.
Only Polyphemus can move the boulder blocking the cave’s entrance.
Odysseus knows that killing Polyphemus will anger Poseidon.
Who warns Odysseus at the beginning of Book 12?
Athena
Zeus
Circe
Penelope
Who were the Sirens?
Beautiful maidens that captivate all men with their lovely hair.
Six headed beings that eat a man for each of their gullets.
The sun gods who punish anyone that eats their cattle.
Half-bird and half-human creatures that lure men to their death with their enchanting song.
How is Odysseus able to safely listen to the Sirens’ song?
He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast.
Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him.
He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens’ island.
He doesn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the ship passes the Sirens’ island.
The sailors cannot hear the siren song because
the boat sails out of range
the lashing of the waves against the ship is too severe
they have beeswax put in their ears
they are singing too loudly
Which side of the strait did Odysseus choose?
Scylla side.
Charybdis side.
Circe side.
Siren side.
How many of Odysseus's shipmates are alive at the end of Book 12?
zero
10
5
20
How does Odysseus sneak back into his home on Ithaca
He wears a mask.
He never makes it to Ithaca.
Zeus makes him invisible.
Athena changes his appearance.
Where does Odysseus go first when he arrives in Ithaca?
To see his wife Penelope
The swineherd's hut
To his son's house
To his father's house
Who does Odysseus meet at his first stop in Ithaca?
Calypso
Circe
Telemachus
Poseidon
What part does Athena play at the meeting of father and son?
Athena changes Odysseus's appearance from old beggar to clean, young, healthy man.
Athena puts a spell on Telemachus to prevent him from recognizing his father.
Athena produces food for them to eat.
Athena erases their memories.
Which of the following sentences best summarizes the Argus episode?
Odysseus fails to recognize his faithful dog Argus who then dies of neglect.
A dog named Argus is near death and lies unnoticed by his former master, Odysseus.
Odysseus’ faithful dog Argus, weak through neglect and abuse, wags his tail at the sound of Odysseus’ voice, and then he dies.
Before Odysseus can wean his dog Argus back to health, the neglected animal dies.
What does Penelope state she will do to the man who can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax handles?
Give him property.
Allow him to wear the shroud.
Marry him.
Allow him access to all of the weapons she owns.
How does Penelope know that it is indeed Odysseus returned and not an imposter?
Odysseus recalls the birth of Telemachus.
Odysseus correctly describes the marriage bed.
Odysseus kills all of the suitors.
Odysseus gets transformed back to his younger self.
