WorksheetsThe Odyssey
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
What did Odysseus find when he took a group to look for his three lost men?
They had fallen into a deep crack in the ground and could not escape
They were lounging on the grass eating lotus fruit and wanted to stay there
they were being forced to carry heavy burdens by men dressed in armor
they had been frozen by a nymph who was angry that they had taken her water
Once the Cyclops in the cave began to snore, why didn't Odysseus stab him?
He hoped to trade the Cyclops for several of his men who had been captured
He remembered his dream in which the cyclops had risen up to kill him
He feared that blood gushing from the Cyclops's wound would drown his crew
He and his men needed the Cyclops to move the stone blocking the enterance
After leaving Aeolus, Why didn't Odysseus and his men land in Ithaca?
Aeolus's floating island sank, creating a wave that pushed them off course
The men opened the ox-hide bag while Odysseus slept, releasing the winds.
Aeolus, thinking he had been tricked, followed and engaged them in battle
soldiers from Ithaca did not recognize them and fired on them from the shore
What happened after Odysseus's men ate food Circe had prepared for them?
they fell into a deep sleep, during she cut off all their hair
they became pigs, and she beat them with a stick until they ran outside
They sprouted horns from their heads and used them to fight each other
they grew strong enough to lift their grounded ship back into the water
Odysseus was the only one to remain alive after---
the Sirens convinced his men to slam their boat into a rock at full speed
Zeus punished the cattle murderers by hitting the ship with lighting
Tiresias directed the octopus to pull the ship to the ocean bottom
an angry hades demanded the men's souls to make up for an insult to charon
Penelope told her suitors she couldn't marry anyone until she had---
visited Troy, the place where Odysseus had last been seen
found a proper bride for Telemachus
received a sign from Hermes, the messenger of the gods
woven a shroud fit for Odysseus's father
Why did the goddess Athene tell Telemachus to do?
assemble a small army of men to drive Penelope's suitors away
sail across the sea to ask the other Greek kings for news of his father
build a shrine to Zeus to beg forgiveness for Odysseus
Declare Odysseus to be dead and take his rightful place on the throne
How did Poseidon punish the Phaeacians for helping Odysseus?
He sent a plague of grass hoppers to destroy all their crops
He afflicted the king and his family with terrible sores
He withdrew the water from their harbor, leaving them high and dry
he struck at their ship with his had and turned it to stone
Where was Telemachus reunited with his father, Odysseus?
on the deck of Telemachus's ship
in the temple of Athene, the goddess of wisdom
on Calypso's island with no ship to take him home
in the hut of Eumaeus, Odysseus's swineherd
How was Penelope assured of Odysseus was not an imposter?
he freed himself from his cell by solving a puzzle he'd used as a lock
He showed her the tiny heart shaped scar he bore on his left ring finger
He recited a poem he'd written to show his love on their wedding day
he knew the secret of the bed he'd build around and ancient olive tree
