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Odyssey Summative Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. (Protagonist of Epic Poetry)

a)

Epic Simile

b)

Epic Setting

c)

Epic Hero

d)

Epithet

2.

small descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing

a)

Epithet

b)

Allegory

c)

Epic Theme

d)

Allusion

3.

message of the story that reflects a universal idea

a)

Epic Poetry

b)

Epic Theme

c)

Epic Setting

d)

Epic Plot

4.

A continuous, long comparison of two unlike things.Can be as long as a paragraph, sometimes longer

a)

Allusion

b)

Allegory

c)

Epic Simile

5.

a very typical example of a kind of person or plot

a)

Archetype

b)

Epic Plot

c)

Allegory

d)

Epithet

6.

It is a reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event.

a)

Allegory

b)

Epic Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Epithet

7.

Identify who or what the the following epithet describes: the Queen of Ithaca

a)

Helen

b)

Athena

c)

Penelope

d)

Hera

8.

When Aisha’s crystal growing project won first place in the school science fair, her father told her, “You’re a regular Einstein.” What was he really saying about Aisha?

a)

That she’s very smart

b)

That she’s hard-working

c)

That she’s incredibly lucky

d)

That she’s now a celebrity

9.

If someone is playing cupid, what he or she is really doing is ___________________.

a)

Planning pranks, but out of love, not cruelty

b)

Trying to do something foolish and dangerous

c)

Spending money and pretending to be rich

d)

Trying to get two people together romantically

10.

Which of the following sentences does NOT have an allusion?

a)

The task they set upon him was extremely difficult.

b)

His spidey senses told him not to leave the house that day.

c)

I think your nose is growing, Pinocchio.

d)

He gave the neighborhood kids a Grinch-like stare.