WorksheetsThe Odyssey - EL's - Character Identification through Cyclops
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is it?
Odysseus and Athena
Odysseus and Telemachus
Poseidon and Telemachus
Odysseus and Achilles
Who is it?
Poseidon
Polyphemus the Cyclops
Achilles
A Lotus Eater
Who is it?
Penelope, the wife of Odysseus
Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom
Poseidona, the Goddess of the Sea
Ariel, the Goddess of the Wind
What is it?
The Trojan Donkey
The Ithican Horse
The Trojan Horse
The horse-shaped castle of the kind of Troy
What is this place?
The Bay of Troy
The bay of the beautiful island of Ithaca
The Chesapeake Bay
The island of the Cyclops
What is this place?
Ithaca
Baltimore
Naples
Troy
Who is more intelligent?
Odysseus
The Cyclops
Who are these people and what is their condition?
The Rose Eaters, and they are hungry.
The Frog Eaters, and they are sleepy.
The fire eaters, and they are burnt.
The Lotus eaters, and they are high.
Who is this man?
Achilles, best friend of Odysseus
Polyphemus, son of Poseidon
Telemachus, son of Odysses
Elpinor, sailor of Odysseus
Who is this woman?
The lovely Penelope, wife of Odysseus
a servant who helps to raise Telemachus in the absence of his father
The mother of Odysseus an mother-in-law of Penelope
The goddess Calypso, who has the ability to live forever
Describe the character of Penelope
Lazy and spoiled
Proud and rude
Faithful and hard-working
Loose and wanton
Describe the personality of Odysseus.
Proud and over-confident
Humble and meek
Shy and awkward
Weak and timid
Who is this?
Zeus, the highest god of Greek Mythology
Water Talker, a Greek God
Poseidon, the God of the Sea
Athena, Godess of Wisdom
Polyphemus the Cyclops is
a dwarf
a sheep
a giant
the God of Sheep
What promise did Odysseus make to his men who survived the Trojan war?
He will pay them with riches
He will get them back to Ithaca safe and sound
He will make sure that their wives get new husbands if they die
He will return them to the island of the Lotus-Eaters
What does Odysseus's mother have, according to Penelope?
a heart of stone
a big mouth
a bad attitude
a weak heart
