WorksheetsOdyssey Books 10-11
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
The favor that King Aeolus does for Odysseus is. . .
he puts all of the stormy winds into a bag
he gives his men free rations for a week
he guides him to the calmer oceans
approaches Poseidon and asks him for forgiveness for Odysseus
More of Odysseus's men are killed and eaten by the gigantic cannibals called. . .
the Cyclopes
the Laestrygonians
The Goliaths
The Sasquatch
The following quotation describes which character?
"Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom
she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven."
Penelope
Athena
Circe
Nausicaa
Circe turns Odysseus's men into. . .
chickens
women
sheep
pigs
Hermes, the messenger god gives Odysseus an antidote for her spells. Homer calls it a. . .
Molu
Manju
Mango
Melon
The antiodote works and as a result Odysseus is persuaded to stay there and partake in feasting and other pleasures.
True
False
Once in the underworld, Odysseus must perform a rite to get the ghosts to speak to him. What must he do?
Let them drink the blood of the animal sacrifice
Cross the river Styx
Pray to Persephone to let them speak
Become a ghost himself
Tiresisas warns Odysseus that he must do what to get home safely?
Not let his men eat the cattle of Lord Helios
Beg Poseidon for forgiveness
Go straight home and avoid any more islands
None of the above
Tiresias tells Odysseus that about the suitors and what he must do to rid them of his house.
True
False
Odysseus meets and speaks to his _____________ in the underworld.
Father
Brother
Uncle
Mother
