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The Odyssey - EL's - Character Identification through Cyclops

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is it?

a)

Odysseus and Athena

b)

Odysseus and Telemachus

c)

Poseidon and Telemachus

d)

Odysseus and Achilles

2.

Who is it?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Polyphemus the Cyclops

c)

Achilles

d)

A Lotus Eater

3.

Who is it?

a)

Penelope, the wife of Odysseus

b)

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom

c)

Poseidona, the Goddess of the Sea

d)

Ariel, the Goddess of the Wind

4.

What is it?

a)

The Trojan Donkey

b)

The Ithican Horse

c)

The Trojan Horse

d)

The horse-shaped castle of the kind of Troy

5.

What is this place?

a)

The Bay of Troy

b)

The bay of the beautiful island of Ithaca

c)

The Chesapeake Bay

d)

The island of the Cyclops

6.

What is this place?

a)

Ithaca

b)

Baltimore

c)

Naples

d)

Troy

7.

Who is more intelligent?

a)

Odysseus

b)

The Cyclops

8.

Who are these people and what is their condition?

a)

The Rose Eaters, and they are hungry.

b)

The Frog Eaters, and they are sleepy.

c)

The fire eaters, and they are burnt.

d)

The Lotus eaters, and they are high.

9.

Who is this man?

a)

Achilles, best friend of Odysseus

b)

Polyphemus, son of Poseidon

c)

Telemachus, son of Odysses

d)

Elpinor, sailor of Odysseus

10.

Who is this woman?

a)

The lovely Penelope, wife of Odysseus

b)

a servant who helps to raise Telemachus in the absence of his father

c)

The mother of Odysseus an mother-in-law of Penelope

d)

The goddess Calypso, who has the ability to live forever

11.

Describe the character of Penelope

a)

Lazy and spoiled

b)

Proud and rude

c)

Faithful and hard-working

d)

Loose and wanton

12.

Describe the personality of Odysseus.

a)

Proud and over-confident

b)

Humble and meek

c)

Shy and awkward

d)

Weak and timid

13.

Who is this?

a)

Zeus, the highest god of Greek Mythology

b)

Water Talker, a Greek God

c)

Poseidon, the God of the Sea

d)

Athena, Godess of Wisdom

14.

Polyphemus the Cyclops is

a)

a dwarf

b)

a sheep

c)

a giant

d)

the God of Sheep

15.

What promise did Odysseus make to his men who survived the Trojan war?

a)

He will pay them with riches

b)

He will get them back to Ithaca safe and sound

c)

He will make sure that their wives get new husbands if they die

d)

He will return them to the island of the Lotus-Eaters

16.

What does Odysseus's mother have, according to Penelope?

a)

a heart of stone

b)

a big mouth

c)

a bad attitude

d)

a weak heart