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Final Exam Review Honors - Fall 21

Total questions: 135

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

2.

Makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, typically using a "to be" verb

a)

Epic Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

3.

"I began to remember the whispers of my cousins in Oceanus' halls so long ago. If a god did not wish your child to be born, they might hold Eileithyia [Lady of Labor] back." (Miller 241)

a)

Allusion

b)

Epithet

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Alliteration

4.

"So by day she'd weave at her great and growing web - by night, by the light of torches set beside her, she would unravel all she'd done." (2.115-117)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Motif

d)

Personification

5.

A figure of speech in which a thing - idea or animal - is given human attributes

a)

Personification

b)

Epithet

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

6.

A descriptive name or title

a)

Epithet

b)

Motif

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

7.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

a)

Motif

b)

Epic Simile

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

8.

"Naiaids show their feelings as water shows ripples." (Miller 178)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

9.

"You know the stories. Oedipus, Paris. Their parents tried to murder them, yet still they lived to bear their fates." (Miller 292)

a)

Allusion

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Motif

d)

Epithet

10.

"My garden climbed the walls of my house, breathed its scent through my windows." (Miller 100)

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

11.

The three stages of the hero's journey are:

a)

Separation, Initiation, Return

b)

Threshold, Temptation, Return

c)

Separation, Abyss, Boon

d)

Separation, Trials, Return

12.

The abyss is a part of which stage in the hero's journey?

a)

Separation

b)

Initiation

c)

Return

13.

The final challenge takes place in the:

a)

Separation

b)

Initiation

c)

Return

14.

For a hero to leave the ordinary world and cross into the unordinary world, they must:

a)

Cross the Threshold

b)

Meet the Mentor

c)

Conquer the abyss

d)

Follow the Road of Trials

15.

Which of the following characters does NOT serve as a supernatural aid in The Odyssey?

a)

Cicones

b)

Hermes

c)

Aeolus

d)

Athena

16.

What part of the separation is in the following passage takes place when Athena (disguised as Mentes) convinces Telemachus to call a council meeting to address the suitors and take a ship out to find answers of his missing father?

a)

Crossing the Threshold

b)

Call to Action

c)

Boon

d)

Obstacles / Challenges

17.

What is the most accurate definition of mythology?

a)

Formal stories told by poets

b)

Stories that explain our beliefs in history

c)

Stories we tell to entertain

d)

Stories to teach religion

18.

Which of the 4 functions of mythology does Charybdis represent?

a)

Explaining the Unexplainable

b)

Role models / Traits

c)

Explaining Cultural Activities

d)

Guidelines for Living

19.

What function of mythology does the following passage represent?


"Agamemnon [said] 'Lucky you, cunning Odysseus; you got yourself a wife of virtue - great Penelope. How principled she was, that she remembered her husband all those years!'" (24.193-197)

a)

Explaining the Unexplainable

b)

Explaining Cultural Activities

c)

Role models / Traits

d)

Guidelines for Living

20.

What function of mythology does the following passage represent?


"Eurytus...risked competing with the gods at archery. Apollo was enraged at him and killed them as soon as he proposed it. He died young and did not reach old age in his own home." (8.224-228)

a)

Explaining the Unexplainable

b)

Explaining Cultural Activities

c)

Role Models / Traits

d)

Guidelines for Living

21.

Which is NOT true about MLA formatting?

a)

Font size 12

b)

Center the text

c)

Header on every page

d)

Centered title

22.

What is the correct margin size for MLA?

a)

1"

b)

.5"

c)

1.5"

d)

There is no standard

23.

What goes in the header of MLA?

a)

Last name and page number

b)

First name and page number

c)

Page number

d)

First initial, last name, page number

24.

What is the correct order for an MLA heading?

a)

Name, teacher, class, date

b)

Name, class, date, teacher

c)

Name, class, teacher, date

d)

Name, teacher, assignment, date

25.

The correct way to write the date in MLA is:

a)

Friday, Dec. 20

b)

December 20, 2021

c)

20/12/2021

d)

20 December 2021

26.

Circe's father

a)

Helios

b)

Prometheus

c)

Aeetees

d)

Daedalus

27.

Father of Madea

a)

Heilios

b)

Aeetees

c)

Hermes

d)

Trygon

28.

Gives birth to the Minotaur

a)

Circe

b)

Madea

c)

Pasiphae

d)

Penelope

29.

Who Athena is trying to kill

a)

Telemachus

b)

Telegonus

c)

Daedalus

d)

Circe

30.

Held captive on Crete with his son; created the labyrinth

a)

Daedalus

b)

Aeetees

c)

Icarus

d)

Trygon

31.

Brings Circe news of the world

a)

Hermes

b)

Helios

c)

Pasiphae

d)

Madea

32.

What do the gods fear?


"There is nothing more foreign to them, and so nothing they ache more deeply to see." (Miller 17)

a)

Pain

b)

Death

c)

Happiness

d)

Love

33.

What do Daedalus, Odysseus, and Telemachus have in common that most appeals to Circe?

a)

Leadership Skills

b)

Compassion

c)

Creativity

d)

Intelligence

34.

Who sent Daedalus to get Circe?

a)

Helios

b)

Pasiphae

c)

Minos

d)

Hermes

35.

What is Telemachus most ashamed of?

a)

Hanging the maids

b)

Not taking Athena's offer

c)

Disliking his father

d)

Abandoning his mother

36.

What favor does Circe ask of Trygon?

a)

Poison for the spearhead

b)

To kill her / remove her suffering

c)

Vengeance for the sailors who wronged her

d)

For his tail spine

37.

What characteristic MOST sets Circe apart from her family?

a)

Her mortal voice

b)

Her pharmaka skills

c)

Her height

d)

Her hair color

38.

Whose visit to Aiaia did Hermes warn Circe about?

a)

Daedalus

b)

Odysseus

c)

Zeus

d)

Athena

39.

Why did Madea kill her brother to slow her father down?

a)

She knew he would be in mourning

b)

He would stop for a proper burial

c)

He would be in shock

d)

He would search for the body

40.
a story told many times that serves to explain something about the world or a historical event
a)
epic
b)
myth
c)
invocation
d)
rhapsode
41.
a long comparison of two unlike things
a)
myth
b)
rhapsode
c)
epic simile
d)
metaphor
42.

the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

a)

Circe

b)

Homer

c)

Telemachus

d)

the Muse

43.
She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.
a)
Cyclops
b)
Calypso
c)
Scylla
d)
Penelope
44.
She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.
a)
Scylla
b)
Charybdis
c)
Penelope
d)
Calypso
45.

Who is Odysseus's son?

a)

Antinous

b)

Alcinous

c)

Telemachus

d)

Teletubby

46.

Who is Odysseus's wife?

a)

Penelope

b)

Patricia

c)

Peter Parker

d)

Persephone

47.

The cyclops's name is...

a)

Percy

b)

Polyphemus

c)

Posideon

d)

Peter Parker

48.

The woman who keeps Odysseus captive for 7 years is...

a)

Circe

b)

Calypso

c)

Cardi B

d)

Carmen

49.

The woman who turns Odysseus's men into pigs is

a)

Calypso

b)

Circe

c)

Penelope

d)

Athena

50.

The worst of the suitors was...

a)

Telemachus

b)

Euripodes

c)

Eponamous

d)

Antinous

51.

Who is the dead hero of Troy with the weak ankles?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Perseus

c)

Hercules

d)

Achilles

52.

What war does Odysseus fight in?

a)

The Trojan War

b)

The Polynesian War

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Peloponnesian War

53.

What is Odysseus doing when the reader meets him?

a)

Fighting

b)

Tricking the cyclops

c)

Gambling

d)

Crying on the beach

54.

How does Odysseus blind the cyclops?

a)

Gets him drunk and stabs him.

b)

Throws acid in his eye.

c)

Camera flash.

d)

He doesn't blind him.

55.

Who doesn't put beeswax in their ears with the sirens?

a)

All of the men

b)

Zeus

c)

Odysseus

d)

The sirens

56.

How does Penelope know Odysseus is truly her husband?

a)

He shaves his beard

b)

He has a familiar tattoo

c)

The scar on his leg

d)

He knows the bed cannot be moved.

57.

How does Odysseus sneak back into his home on Ithaca

a)

He wears a mask

b)

He never makes it to Ithaca

c)

Zeus makes him invisible

d)

Athena makes him look like an old beggar

58.

Who is Polyphemus' father?

a)

Zeus

b)

Odysseus

c)

Poseidon

d)

Cronus

59.

What is Odysseus’s main goal throughout the story?

a)

To defeat the Trojans

b)

To marry Helen

c)

To get revenge on Hera

d)

To get home

60.

What idea does Odysseus come up with that ultimately ends the Trojan war?

a)

Building a wall around Troy

b)

getting Apollo involved

c)

The Trojan Horse

d)

Building an invincible ship

61.

How does Odysseus avoid getting turned into pigs?

a)

He eats an herb given by Hermes

b)

He is immune by Zeus

c)

Athena warns him what will happen

d)

He doesn’t, and gets turned into a pig

62.

What is NOT something that Odysseus and his crew do to get out of the Cyclops’s cave?

a)

Get him drunk

b)

Stab him in the eye

c)

Shave his sheep

d)

Hide under the belly of sheep

63.

Who does Odysseus NOT see at the Land of the Dead?

a)

His crew member

b)

His wife

c)

His mom

d)

A blind prophet

64.

What does Tiresias tell Odysseus to avoid?

a)

Sailing West of the island

b)

Communicating with Poseidon

c)

Meeting with Calypso

d)

Killing Helios’s cattle

65.

How are the Laestragonians described?

a)

As friendly earth dwellers

b)

As barbaric cannibals

c)

As beautiful nymph women

d)

As brave but friendly warriors

66.

How long does Odysseus stay with Circe after she seduces him?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

A month

d)

What? She never seduces him

67.
Odysseus' wife has been
a)
waiting for 20 years
b)
raising their son
c)
fighting off suitors
d)
all are correct
68.
Odysseus tricked the cyclops by
a)
stealing his sheep
b)
drinking his wine
c)
telling him a false name
d)
hiding in his cave
69.

By bragging about his name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

a)

cowardice

b)

gluttony

c)

pride (hubris)

d)

envy

70.
The Charybdis was
a)
a whirlpool
b)
a mermaid
c)
a monster with many heads
d)
a siren
71.

In the cave of the Cyclops, what did Odysseus first tell the Cyclops his name was?

a)

Menelaus

b)

Nobody

c)

Laertes

d)

Odysseus

72.
Who or what destroys 11 of Odysseus' ships and kills the vast majority of his men?
a)
Scylla
b)
Circe
c)
Laestrygonians
d)
Helios
73.

Odysseus is sent from Circe's island to the Land of the Dead to speak with Tiresias who is a _______

a)

Odysseus' childhood friend

b)

deceased dog

c)

fallen solidier

d)

blind prophet

74.

These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and men forget their homes.

a)

The Lotus-Eaters

b)

The Sirens

c)

The Six-headed Syclla

d)

The Laestrygonians

75.
Scylla was a ______, and Charybdis was a _____
a)
the devil; Medusa
b)
a one-eyed monster; a sinkhole in the ground
c)
a cannibalistic tribe; a giant king
d)
a 6-headed monster; vicious whirlpool
76.

Odysseus stays with Calypso for _____ years.

a)

5

b)

7

c)

3

d)

1

77.
Penelope fools the suitors by weaving a _____ and unweaving it every night.
a)
Scarf
b)
Sweater
c)
Shroud
d)
A baby blanket
78.

To win Penelope's hand, the suitors must string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through...

a)

16 apples

b)

9 of her most valued rings

c)

5 cow hearts

d)

12 ax rings

79.
Odysseus & Penelope's _____ is built around a tree; this is how Penelope knows that the real Odysseus has returned.
a)
bed
b)
dresser
c)
mirror
d)
altar
80.
Odysseus is helped by which god/goddess?
a)
Athena
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Zeus
d)
Posideon
81.
The adventures of the hero; a series of separate events/stories of a hero as he travels from one challenge to another
a)
Hero's Journey
b)
Epic Poem
c)
Epic Hero
d)
Epic Simile
82.
This drawing depicts
a)
Scylla
b)
Charybdis
c)
The Sirens
d)
Circe
83.
This image depicts
a)
Scylla
b)
Charybdis
c)
The Sirens
d)
Circe
84.
What monsters will Odysseus and his men encounter first, according to Circe?
a)
Shades
b)
Sirens
c)
Scylla 
d)
Charybdis
85.

When Odysseus and his men returned from the Underworld, who did they have a funeral for?

a)

Telemachus

b)

Eurylochus

c)

Anticleia (Odysseus' mother)

d)

Elpenor

86.

What did Zeus do in response to the men eating a cow?

a)

Threw lightning bolts and destroyed Odysseus ship, killing all of his men.

b)

Nothing, he was surprisingly okay with It.

c)

Sunk his ship with help from Poseidon

d)

Order Charybdis to drag down Odysseus's ship, killing all of his men.

87.

How did the men justify killing one of Helios's cows?

a)

They were hungry and thought that was a good enough reason

b)

Killed one when Helius wasn't looking

c)

Said that Odysseus would probably do the same thing

d)

They would construct a Temple to the Sun God

88.

Who is Eumaeus?

a)

one of Penelope's suitors

b)

a minor god

c)

Odysseus' loyal swineherd

d)

Odysseus' faithful dog

89.
While he has been gone, suitors have been:
a)
Attacking his cattle and home
b)
Trying to steal his wife
c)
Plotting to kill his son
d)
All of these are correct.
90.

What is the effect of the lotus flower?

a)

Makes the men forget home

b)

Causes the men to fall asleep for months

c)

Kills the three men who consume it

d)

Causes the men to fall in love with Calypso

91.
"...the Dawn with fingertips of rose..." is:
a)
an epic simile
b)
personification
c)
an epithet
d)
an allusion
92.
If Odysseus and his men had killed Cyclops in the cave:
a)
A curse would have befallen them.
b)
They would have been stuck there, and starved to death.
c)
Zeus would have intervened and gotten them home.
d)
He could have fallen on them, crushing them all.
93.

How do the men escape Polyphemus?

a)

They sneak out at night, while he sleeps.

b)

They hide under his flock as they go out in the morning.

c)

They work together to move the slab.

d)

None of these.

94.

Who is Aeolus?

a)

A sea monster with six heads

b)

The king of the Lotus-eaters

c)

The god of winds

d)

The king of Phaecia

95.

How long was Odysseus away from home?

a)

20 years

b)

10 years

c)

15 years

d)

7 years

96.

What did Odysseus do to all men who are trying to marry his wife?

a)

He asks them to leave

b)

He gives them presents

c)

He kills them all

d)

He banishes them

97.

How long did the Trojan War last?

a)

10 years

b)

20 years

c)

1 year

d)

100 years

98.

At the beginning of The Odyssey, who is Homer speaking to?

a)

One of the Muses

b)

Odysseus

c)

Zeus

d)

Alcinous (King of Phaeacia)

99.

Which answer BEST describes the following passage?


"...while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home.

But not by will nor valor could he save them.

for their own recklessness destroyed them all--"

a)

Odysseus's goal was to get his men home safe, but his men's own foolishness got themselves killed.

b)

Odysseus's goal was to get his men home, but he couldn't save them.

c)

Odysseus eventually just wanted to save his own life because his men's own foolishness was going to get them killed, as well as himself.

100.

Eumaeus passes Odysseus's loyalty test

a)

True

b)

False

101.

What does Athena warn Telemachus of in his dreams?

a)

His father’s imminent return

b)

Menelaus and Helen’s greed

c)

The suitors’ planned ambush

d)

His mother’s failing health

102.

The Trojan War was Odysseus' Call to Adventure.

Which events, other than the Cyclops Island, are part of Odysseus' Road of Trials?

a)

The island of Cicones where Odysseus' men stole and took women as prisoners.

b)

The Land of the Lotus Eaters where the men who were sent to check out the island ate the lotus flower and wanted to stay/forgot their purpose.

c)

The Sirens - creatures hypnotize the men with their songs to lure them to death. Odysseus saves them with beeswax.

d)

All of the above.

103.

Odysseus is telling the story of his journey to someone who ultimately helps him return home. Who is this?

a)

King Alcinous, King of Phaeacia

b)

King Menelaus, King of Sparta

c)

Telemachus

d)

King Nestor, King of Pylos

104.
Why does Odysseus not tell the men about Scylla or Charybdis?
a)
He does not want to frighten them
b)
He does not plan to take them along
c)
He wants the men to focus only on the Sirens
d)
He knows that the men will not make it past the Sirens
105.
Which warning is told by both Circe and Tiresias about Odysseus and his men avoiding punishment from Lord Helios?
a)
Don't eat the cows
b)
Don't do drugs
c)
Don't drink the wine
d)
Don't open the bag
106.
What woman is at the center of the Trojan War?
a)
Helen
b)
Circe
c)
Penelope
d)
Pandora
107.
How many of Odysseus' men did the Cyclops eat?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
108.
The Cyclops' curse did NOT include which of the following
a)
all Odysseus' men would die
b)
his wife would die in childbirth
c)
it would take a long time to get home
d)
he would arrive home on another man's ship
109.

The leaders of the suitors are...

a)

Antinous & Eurymachus

b)

Polites & Elpenor

c)

Eurylochus & Anticlea

d)

Eurybates & Hades

110.

Where do the Cicones live?

a)

Ogygia

b)

Ismarus

c)

Phaeacia

d)

Cyclops Island

111.

How does Odysseus react to his men after they eat the lotus plant?

a)

He drags them back on their boats

b)

He punishes them

c)

He leaves them with the lotus-eaters

d)

He beheads them

112.

Why are Odysseus and his men stuck in Polyphemus' cave?

a)

A large stone is blocking the entrance

b)

They cannot find the way out

c)

The gods keep them from getting out

d)

There are traps all over the cave

113.

What is the name of Odysseus' youngest shipmate who falls off the roof and plunges to his death?

a)

Eurylochus

b)

Elpenor

c)

Tiresias

d)

Telemachus

114.

What request does Elpenor make when Odysseus meets him in the Underworld?

a)

To be properly buried when they return to Circe's island

b)

He wants Odysseus to defeat Poseidon

c)

To be brought back to life

d)

To have his body brought back to Ithaca to be buried

115.

After leaving Calypso's island and being at sea for several weeks, where does Odysseus wash up?

a)

Sparta

b)

the land of the cyclopes

c)

the land of the Phaeacians

d)

the land of the lotus eaters

116.

Why was Odysseus wearing clothes that Queen herself had trimmed?

a)

Princess Nausicaa gave them to him when she found him on the beach.

b)

Princess Nausicaa gave them to him when he entered the palace

c)

Odysseus found them on the beach when he washed up

d)

They were given to him by Athena when he washed up on the beach

117.

Where does Odysseus reunite with his son Telemachus?

a)

At the shore of Ithica

b)

At Eumaeus's hut

c)

In Odysseus's palace

d)

In the land of the Phaecians

118.

Who recognizes Odysseus because of a scar on his knee?

a)

Telemachus

b)

Penelope

c)

Eurycleia

d)

Antinous

119.

Who sent a clap of thunder to show the gods approval to Odysseus when he strings the bow?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Zeus

c)

Athena

d)

Helios

120.

Why did Odysseus insist on staying in Polyphemus's cave despite the protests of his crewman?

a)

he wanted to test the Cyclops's hospitality

b)

he wanted to steal his cheese

c)

he wanted to steal his sheep

d)

he wanted to steal his pails and bowls

121.

When Polyphemus is screaming in pain, the other Cyclops think...

a)

He is imagining the violence because he says "Nobody...is trying to kill me..."

b)

He is in grave danger, but they cannot get into his cave

c)

Somebody is trying to kill him

d)

Odysseus and his men have escaped

122.

Which two servants remained loyal to Odysseus?

a)

The swineherd (Eumaus) and the cowherd. (Philoetius)

b)

The swineherd (Eumaus) and the goatherd (Melanthius)

c)

The cowherd (Philoetius) and goatherd (Melanthius)

d)

Nobody remained loyal to him.

123.

What does the Latin phrase in medias res mean?

a)

“Beginning at the beginning”

b)

“Beginning in the middle”

c)

“Beginning at the end”

d)

“Beginning nowhere”

124.
In Penelope's archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?
a)
two
b)
eight
c)
twelve
d)
fifteen
125.
How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus's journey?
a)
as a beggar
b)
as Antinous
c)
as Mentor
d)
as Mephistopheles
126.

Red-haired Menelaus is King of what city?

a)

Pylos

b)

Argos

c)

Athens

d)

Sparta

127.
What happens to the disloyal maids after they clean the blood from the great hall?
a)
They are hanged.
b)
They are forgiven.
c)
They are whipped.
d)
They are dismissed from the palace.
128.
Where does Telemachus go as soon as he lands in Ithaca?
a)
Eumaeus's home
b)
Artemis's shrine
c)
the royal palace
d)
a mountaintop to make a sacrifice to Athene
129.

During which stage of the hero's journey do the challenges occur?

a)

separation

b)

initiation

c)

return

d)

threshold

130.

All of the following are epithets EXCEPT

a)

The man of twists and turns

b)

Man-mountain

c)

Odysseus' men

d)

grey-eyed goddess

131.

a god/goddess enhancing a character trait or ability

a)

hubris

b)

xenia (hospitality)

c)

double determination

d)

supernatural aid

132.

king murdered by his wife

a)

Eurymachus

b)

Nestor

c)

Aegisthus

d)

Agamemnon

133.

King of Pylos

a)

Nestor

b)

Menelaus

c)

Odysseus

d)

Agamemnon

134.

Who is the first suitor to die?

a)

Leodes

b)

Eurymachus

c)

Orestes

d)

Antinous

135.

Why does Eurylochus say it is better for the crew to risk eating Helio's cattle?

a)

it is better to die quick by the gods than starve

b)

Zeus told them he would protect them

c)

Helios does not care

d)

Odysseus changed his mind