WorksheetsThe Odyssey 3+4
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who is the narrator in the story?
Telemachus
Homer
Odysseus
Penelope
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Telemachus
Homer
Odysseus
Penelope
Who is the son of the protagonist?
Telemachus
Homer
Odysseus
Penelope
Who is the wife of the protagonist?
Telemachus
Homer
Odysseus
Penelope
Where do we first meet Odysseus in the book?
Ithaca
Phaeacia
Calypso's Island
Troy
Where does Odysseus tell the story of his travels?
Ithaca
Phaeacia
Calypso's Island
Troy
Where is Odysseus' home?
Ithaca
Phaeacia
Calypso's Island
Troy
When Odysseus tells his story, the book goes into a flashback. Where does his story begin?
Ithaca
Phaeacia
Calypso's Island
Troy
What god/goddess favors Odysseus and tries to help him and his son?
Hermes
Calypso
Poseidon
Athena
What god/goddess is angry with Odysseus and keeps him from returning home?
Hermes
Calypso
Poseidon
Athena
What god/goddess delivers messages for the gods, and gives Odysseus a plant to stop Circe's magic?
Hermes
Calypso
Poseidon
Athena
What god/goddess is in love with Odysseus?
Hermes
Calypso
Poseidon
Athena
What are suitors?
Men who attack and steal from cities
Men who are friends with Odysseus
Men who want to get married
Women whose husbands are dead
Some of Odysseus' men become addicted to the flowers, and must be dragged back to the ship.
2. The Cicones
3. Lotus Eaters
4. Cyclops
5. Aeolia - The Wind King
Odysseus and his men attack the city, but stay too long, and an army comes to get revenge. Many men are killed.
2. The Cicones
3. Lotus Eaters
4. Cyclops
5. Aeolia - The Wind King
All the winds are bagged up so Odysseus can sail home. When the ship is close to Ithaca, the men open the bag while Odysseus is asleep. A hurricane comes out and they are blown away from home.
2. The Cicones
3. Lotus Eaters
4. Cyclops
5. Aeolia - The Wind King
After injuring this person, Odysseus is cursed by Poseidon not to return home for many years, after all his men have died.
2. The Cicones
3. Lotus Eaters
4. Cyclops
5. Aeolia - The Wind King
Half bird/half women, the song of this creature lures men to their death on the rocks of the island.
6. Laestrygonians
7. Circe's Island
9. Siren's Island
10. Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus has to decide whether to let all his men die in the whirlpool or let 6 of his men be eaten by a monster with six heads.
6. Laestrygonians
7. Circe's Island
8. Land of the dead
10. Scylla and Charybdis
A land of giants who eat people. Only Odysseus' boat escapes.
6. Laestrygonians
7. Circe's Island
8. Land of the dead
10. Scylla and Charybdis
What is the conflict when Odysseus' men let the hurricane out of the bag?
Individual Versus Society
Individual Versus Nature
Individual Versus Supernatural
Individual Versus Self
A witch turns Odysseus' men into pigs. He eats a plant from Hermes, and is protected from her magic. He and his men stay and rest. She gives him advice on where to go next.
6. Laestrygonians
7. Circe's Island
8. Land of the Dead
10. Scylla and Charybdis
Odysseus gets advice from Tiresias and talks to his dead mother
8. Land of the Dead
12. Ogyia
11. Thrinacia (sun god)
13. Phaeacia
Odysseus is trapped by Calypso because she is in love with him
8. Land of the Dead
12. Ogyia
11. Thrinacia (sun god)
13. Phaeacia
What is the problem in a story called?
Exposition
Protagonist
Conflict
Climax
What is the beginning of the story called?
Exposition
Protagonist
Conflict
Rising Action
Odysseus gets help to return home
8. Land of the Dead
12. Ogyia
11. Thrinacia (sun god)
13. Phaeacia
Odysseus' men eat the sacred cows, and are killed in a storm sent from Zeus
8. Land of the Dead
12. Ogyia
11. Thrinacia (sun god)
13. Phaeacia
What is the main character called?
Exposition
Protagonist
Conflict
Antagonist
What is the main conflict of the story?
Odysseus wants to go home to Ithaca
Odysseus wants to fight more
Odysseus wants to stay and eat the lotus flowers
Poseidon is in love with Calypso
What is the conflict when Odysseus has to go to war?
Individual Versus Society
Individual Versus Nature
Individual Versus Supernatural
Individual Versus Self
What is the conflict when Odysseus is trapped by the Cyclops?
Individual Versus Society
Individual Versus Nature
Individual Versus Supernatural
Individual Versus Self
What does Odysseus accuse the suitors of?
Eating all of his food
Seducing his maids
Trying to marry Penelope
Murdering his son
What secret convinces Penelope it really is Odysseus?
He tells her his birthday
He shows her the scar on his leg
He tells her where Telemachus was born
He tells her the bed post is made from a tree
What did the Greeks value, based on this story?
True love
Hospitality to strangers
Mercy
Revenge
