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The Odyssey Practice

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Athena?

a)

Goddess of the moon.

b)

Goddess of wisdom and war.

c)

Goddess of food and drink.

d)

Goddess of humor.

2.

Who is Odysseus?

a)

A monster.

b)

God of wine.

c)

God of the sun.

d)

A soldier and king of Ithaca.

3.

Odysseus angers the god of the sea who is named...

a)

Percy Jackson

b)

Peter Parker

c)

Poseidon

d)

Persephone

4.

The cyclops's real name is...

a)

Percy

b)

Polyphemus

c)

Posideon

d)

Peter Parker

5.

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

a)

Circe

b)

Calypso

c)

Cardi B

d)

Carmen

6.

The woman who turns Odysseus's men into pigs is

a)

Calypso

b)

Circe

c)

Penelope

d)

Athena

7.

The messenger god is...

a)

Cupid

b)

Eros

c)

Hermes

d)

Apollo

8.

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

a)

Odysseus

b)

Perseus

c)

Hercules

d)

Achilles

9.

What war does Odysseus fight in?

a)

The Trojan War

b)

The Polynesian War

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Peloponnesian War

10.

What is Odysseus doing when the reader meets him?

a)

Fighting

b)

Tricking the cyclops

c)

Gambling

d)

Crying on the beach

11.

Who ultimately makes Calypso release Odysseus?

a)

Athena

b)

Zeus

c)

Hermes

d)

Circe

12.

What does the Lotus plant do?

a)

Poisons

b)

Puts you to sleep

c)

Puts you in a trance

d)

Makes you strong

13.

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.

14.

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

a)

All of the men

b)

Zeus

c)

Odysseus

d)

The sirens

15.
a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero
a)
homeric simile
b)
epic
c)
invocation
d)
muse
16.
in the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods
a)
muse
b)
homeric simile
c)
liturgy
d)
invocation
17.
He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey
a)
Circe
b)
Homer
c)
Telemachus
d)
the Muse
18.
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
19.
She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.
a)
Scylla
b)
Charybdis
c)
Penelope
d)
Calypso
20.
He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.
a)
Circe
b)
Charybdis
c)
Teiresias
d)
Polyphemus
21.

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

22.

what does Circe turn Odysseus’s crew into?

a)

Wolves

b)

Pigs

c)

Dogs

d)

Bears

23.

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

a)

Building a wall around Troy

b)

getting Apollo involved

c)

creating a Giant wooden horse

d)

Building an invincible ship

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

By telling Polyphemus his true name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

a)

cowardice

b)

gluttony

c)

pride

d)

envy

28.
Circe was
a)
a seamonster
b)
a siren
c)
an enchantress
d)
an English teacher
29.
a long comparison of two unlike things
a)
myth
b)
rhapsode
c)

homeric simile

d)
metaphor
30.
_______: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
31.
What makes someone an epic hero? 
a)
Have a tragic flaw - for ex: too much pride
b)
Take a heroic journey: get help from/have conflict with gods along the way and have a group of followers
c)
strong leader: make good speeches, solve problems/manage conflict well, fights a powerful antagonist
d)
All of the above
32.
What is an epic poem? 
a)
A super awesome, really long poem 
b)
A long poem that tells the story of a hero, originally passed down orally
c)
A poem written a long time ago 
d)
I have no clue. 
33.
Who wrote The Odyssey? 
a)
Homer 
b)
Some dead guy 
c)
Odysseus 
d)
Nobody Knows 

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