WorksheetsEnglish 1 Semester Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
What is the Greek word for “City-State?”
Arete
Polis
Stygian
Zythum
How did Odysseus win against the Trojans?
He summoned the God’s wrath and rained lightning on Troy
He didn’t win. The Greeks actually lost.
He built a hollow wooden horse that hid Greek warriors, which the Trojans foolishly brought inside the walls.
Odysseus used the Greek air force to drop missiles on Troy
The Dawn is capitalized throughout the entire Epic. Why does Homer do this?
Dawn is the name of a goddess.
Dawn is the name of Odysseus’ boat
The word Dawn never appears in the Epic.
Dawn is a monster.
Polyphemus curses Odysseus. What does this curse entail?
That an eagle will eat his liver every day.
No one will ever believe anything Odysseus will say.
Polyphemus doesn’t curse Odysseus. He blesses him instead.
Odysseus will never return home, and if the Fates require him to return, he will do so alone and after many years.
How long does Odysseus remain on Circe’s Island?
20 years
8 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, and 10 hours
Odysseus never went to Circe’s Island.
1 year
What happens to Odysseus’ crew on Circe’s Island?
They get sent to the Underworld.
Half of them get turned into pigs.
They are eaten by the cyclops.
Circe didn’t have an island.
How did Elepnor die?
He got drunk and fell off Circe’s roof.
Elepnor is not a character in the Odyssey
He survived to get back to Ithaca.
He was killed by the Sirens
Who is Argus? How old is he?
Argus is a god and has no age.
He’s Odysseus’ dog, and he’s 20 years old.
He’s Penelope’s cat and he’s 13 years old.
He’s Odysseus’ son and he’s 27 years old
What is special about the marriage bed of Odysseus and Penelope?
It is made of stone and a mattress of feathers.
One of the legs is a still living olive tree.
It is covered in gold and silver.
Odysseus and Penelope are not married.
What does this special aspect symbolize?
Their marriage is meant to fail.
Their marriage is a lie, and they hate each other.
Odysseus and Penelope are not married.
There marriage is stable and immovable.
What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus’ men?
They are assassins hired to kill Odysseus.
They are a fire-breathing dragon.
Eating the Lotus makes the men forget home.
The Lotus-Eaters do nothing but help Odysseus and his men.
Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?
He wanted to torture the Cyclops
It wasn’t an attempt to blind him, he was trying to kill the Cyclops.
Odysseus doesn’t blind the Cyclops. He instead makes him a monocle.
He and his men were trapped in the cave. Without the Cyclops, they wouldn’t be able to get out.
How do Odysseus’ men avoid falling under the Sirens’ spell?
Odysseus put beeswax in their ears.
They didn’t have any desires and were thus immune.
He busted their eardrums.
Sirens don’t cast spells.
What does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?
Set Odysseus’ boat on fire.
Polyphemus isn’t a character in The Odyssey.
He begs Poseidon to curse and punish Odysseus.
Throws a party in the name of Zeus.
In which of these episodes from the Odyssey does Odysseus lose all his men?
“Penelope’s Test”
“The Lotus-Eaters”
“The Cattle of the Sun God”
Odysseus does not lose all of his men in the Odyssey.
In the episode where Odyssey loses all his men (the answer to the question above), what kills Odysseus’ men?
Zeus strikes them down with a lightning bolt.
Sirens eat them.
Odysseus does not lose all of his men in the Odyssey.
They fall into Charybdis.
Antinous is a jerk. What does he do to the beggar, not realizing that it’s Odysseus?
He throws a stool.
He spits on him.
Antinous is kind and give Odysseus bread.
Attempts to drown him in a horse trough.
What does Odysseus order Telemachus to do when Odysseus gives him a signal?
Remove the armor and weapons from the hall.
Murder Antinous
Telemachus is Odysseus enemy, and thus would not answer to any signal.
Make a sacrifice to Zeus
What words would you use to describe Penelope?
Insane, furious, and vengeful.
Penelope is dead throughout this entire story.
Cruel, ugly, and stupid
Beautiful, clever, and loyal.
Why does Penelope test Odysseus at the end of the Odyssey?
She needed to see if he was as clever as the stories proclaimed.
She is a cruel person and wants him to suffer.
She wanted to make sure it was her husband, as he looked different. Other men had also tried to trick her throughout the years.
Penelope is dead throughout this entire story and does not test Odysseus at all.
How does Penelope keep the suitors away? How long does it last?
Penelope is dead throughout this entire story.
She murders any man who enters her home, which keeps everyone away.
She weaves a shroud during the day, and then unweaves it during the night. This works for three years.
She turns them all into pigs. This works for 8 years.
Choose the prepositional phrase in the following quote.
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire
"Life is a shipwreck..."
"…but we must…"
"…in the lifeboats."
“-Voltaire”
Choose the prepositional phrase in the following quote.
“When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
…into the abyss…"
"…the abyss stares back..."
“― Friedrich Nietzsche”
"When you stare.."
Choose the prepositional phrase in the following quote.
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
"...you wish..."
“― Mahatma Gandhi”
“…In the world"
"Be the Change..."
“-but anguish lies ahead;
the god who thunders on the land prepares it,
not to be shaken from your track, implacable,
in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded.”
-Odyssey part 1 lines 633-636
Who are the two beings referenced in the above lines?
Demeter and Persephone
Poseidon and Polyphemus
Zeus and Heracles
The Rock “Dwayne” Johnson and Kevin Hart
“But every man he looked at-
and there were many- had fallen in blood and dust,
Like fish which, in the meshes of a net, sailors
have pulled from the gray sea up on the curving beach,
lying piled up on the sand, longing for sea waves,
while the bright sun drains away their life- that is how
the suitors were heaped up, piled on one another.”
-Odyssey, lined 1535-1539
This is an example of what?
An epic simile
Hyperbole
A sick bar
Personification
“The shot spume
soared to the landside heights and fell like rain.
But when she swallowed the sea water down
we saw the funnel of the maelstrom, heard
the rock bellowing all around, and dark
sand raged on the bottom far below”
-Odyssey Part 1 lines 801-809
Which monster is the above excerpt referencing?
Sirens
Polyphemus
Jared Leto
Charybdis
“A man surfcasting on a point of rock
for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod
to drop the sinker and the bait far out,
will hook a fish and rip it from the surface
to dangle wriggling through the air: so, these
Were born aloft in spasms toward the cliff.”
-Odyssey Part 1 Lines 815-820
Which monster is the above excerpt referencing?
Tantalus
Polyphemus
Scylla
Karen ™
Type the correct Greek God
King of the Greek Gods, Lord of Lightning
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Goddess of the Harvest
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Queen of the Gods, Goddess of Marriage
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Goddess of Hearth and Home
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
King of the Underworld
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
God of Bloodshed and Warfare
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Goddess of Wisdom and Crafts
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
God of the Forge and Fire
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
Goddess of Love and Beauty
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
God of the Ocean
(a)
Type the correct Greek God
God of Wine, Insanity and Parties
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(N) Military procedures; a form of strategy
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(V) Get revenge for
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(V) lied to; tricked
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(N) Doubt
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(Adj.) Remote; set back
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(Adj.) not spoken out loud or expressed
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(Adj.) relating to the process of thinking.
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(N) Primary Figure(s), object(s), or other content in a photograph
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(N) Entrance Room
(a)
Type the correct vocabulary word
(N) people who are fleeing the from something, such as danger or law enforcement.
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