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WorksheetsOdyssey book 7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How is Odysseus "disguised" as he enters the city?
a)
Mist
b)
Old man
c)
Merchant
d)
Invisible
2.
Who gives Odysseus directions to the palace?
a)
A farmer
b)
Athena
c)
A young girl carrying a pitcher
d)
Nausicaa
3.
How does Athena negate the usefulness of Nausicaa?
a)
She tells him she is Athena
b)
She tells him to go to her olive grove
c)
She repeats her advice
d)
She tells him to seek Alcinous
4.
What literary technique is used to describe the palace?
a)
Epithets
b)
Formulaic description
c)
Ring composition
d)
Ekphrasis
5.
What guards the palace?
a)
Gold and silver soldiers
b)
Hephaestus
c)
Gold and silver dogs
d)
Dog robots
6.
What is describedas "fluttering like the leaves of a tall poplar"?
a)
The flags on the Phaeacian ships
b)
The maids at the loom
c)
The light on the palace walls
d)
The sun on the statues
7.
Which epithet is NOT used of Odysseus as he enters the palace?
a)
Godlike
b)
Patient
c)
Good
d)
Much-enduring
8.
What does Odysseus do first?
a)
Bows down before Nausicaa
b)
Grasps Arete's knees
c)
Grasp's Alcinous' knees
d)
Prostrates himself in the ash
9.
Who speaks first after Odysseus' supplication?
a)
Nausicaa
b)
Arete
c)
Echeneus
d)
Alcinous
10.
Why is Alcinous suspicious of Odysseus?
a)
He can sense Athena' presence
b)
He is wearing clothes made by Arete
c)
He looks like a god in disguise
d)
Guests are rare
11.
Why do the Phaeacians applaud Odysseus?
a)
He sang a great story
b)
They have heard of him before
c)
He talked good sense
d)
He flattered Arete
12.
What does Odysseus tell the Phaeacians of his experiences so far?
a)
The bravery of Nausicaa
b)
Journey from Ogygia
c)
Journey from the Trojan plains
d)
The curse of Polyphemus
13.
What does Alcinous NOT offer to Odysseus?
a)
More riches than he could have won at Troy
b)
Deep sleep
c)
Travel to his homeland
d)
His daughter
14.
What do Odysseus' epithets at the start and end of book 7 emphasise?
a)
Resourcefulness
b)
Suffering
c)
Patience
d)
Godliness
15.
Bonus question! What relation is Arete to Alcinous?
a)
Uncle
b)
Step-daughter
c)
Niece
d)
Cousin
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