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Odyssey Background

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the presumed author of the Odyssey?

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2.

What is the name of the other text Homer wrote?

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Aeneid

c)

The Fates

d)

The Oligarch

3.

When these stories were first told, they were not written down. Instead, a bard did what?

a)

Acted it out

b)

Sang it

c)

Taught it

d)

Freestyle rapped it

4.

What is the poetic meter of Homer's works?

a)

Iambic Pentameter

b)

Trochaic Tetrameter

c)

Dactylic Hexameter

d)

Anapestic Trimeter

5.

Check all that apply to the form of an epic

a)

Superhuman deeds

b)

Fabulous adventures

c)

Highly stylized language

d)

Damsels in distress

e)

Tragic hero

6.

The judgement of Paris involved which three goddesses?

a)

Hera

b)

Athena

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Artemis

e)

Demeter

7.

One side of the war was the Trojans. Who fought on the other side?

a)

Romans

b)

Myceneans

c)

Achaeans

d)

Whitehawks

8.

A polis is a

a)

Politician

b)

City-State

c)

Police Officer

d)

Citizen

9.

What city-state is Odysseus from?

a)

Myconos

b)

Crete

c)

Ithaca

d)

Lemnos

10.

The word meaning "tragic flaw" in Greek is

a)

Ham sandwich

b)

Hamartia

c)

Hubris

d)

Catharsis

11.

True or false: the tragic hero's journey follows the same steps as the hero's journey.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: during the tragic ending, the hero must die.

a)

True

b)

False