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The Odyssey Vocab/Hero's Journey

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

took goods by force; looted

a)

plundered

b)

dispatched

c)

assuage

d)

bereft

2.

finished quickly

a)

plundered

b)

dispatched

c)

assuage

d)

bereft

3.

calm; pacify

a)

plundered

b)

dispatched

c)

assuage

d)

bereft

4.

deprived

a)

plundered

b)

dispatched

c)

assuage

d)

bereft

5.

passion; enthusiasm

a)

ardor

b)

insidious

c)

harried

d)

guile

6.

characterized by craftiness and betrayl

a)

ardor

b)

insidious

c)

harried

d)

guile

7.

tormented; harassed

a)

ardor

b)

insidious

c)

harried

d)

guile

8.

cunning and craftiness

a)

ardor

b)

insidious

c)

harried

d)

guile

9.

Who was Homer?

a)

The believed author of the Odyssey and the Illiad

b)

A Greek god

c)

One of the muses

d)

A warrior who fought in the Trojan war and killed Hector

10.

How long did the Trojan war last?

(a)  

11.

How did the Trojan war end?

a)

When the Greeks gave the Trojans a horse as a "gift"

b)

When the Greeks penetrated the wall of Troy by using cannons

c)

When the godess Athena and the god Ares helped the Greeks win the war

d)

When Helen went back home

12.

Who planned the building of the Trojan Horse?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Achilles

c)

Patroles

d)

Agamemnon

13.

How long has this story been around?

a)

5,000 years

b)

2,000 years

c)

100 years

d)

3,556 years

14.

According to Joseph Campbell's 'Hero's Journey' template, a hero's journey begins with what?

a)

STATUS QUO: What is the current state of the hero’s world before the Hero’s Journey?

b)

CALL TO ADVENTURE: The hero receives a mysterious message, an invitation, a challenge, a call to adventure.

c)

ASSISTANCE: Hero needs help, maybe from someone older, wiser.

d)

NEW LIFE: The quest has changed the hero; they have outgrown their old life.