WorksheetsOdyssey Part 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What war does Odysseus fight in before traveling homeward?
Trojan War
Spartan War
Corinthian War
Peloponnesian War
Where is home for Odysseus?
Troy
Rome
Ithaca
Cicones Isle
What do Odysseus and his men do on the Isle of the Cicones?
Battle and kill many opposing soldiers.
Take women as slaves.
Collect bounty or "treasure" from the island.
All of the other answers are true.
What is the effect of the lotus flower on men who eat it?
It kills them by posioning.
It makes them dance and sing wildly.
It makes them turn against their leaders.
It makes them forget hope of home and all other desires beyond the lotus.
How does Odysseus save his men who ate the lotus flower?
He ties them to the mast of the ship.
He ties them down to their rowing benches.
He stops their ears up with wax.
He kills all the people who gave them the lotus flower.
Who is the father of all cyclops?
Poseidon
Zeus
Hermes
Polyphemus
Why does Odysseus decide not to stab Polyphemus in the liver when he has his first chance?
He does, and it kills him, setting the men free from his clutches.
He was too afraid of Polyphemus waking up.
He and his men would be trapped behind the stone door.
What does Odysseus say his name is when trying to trick Polyphemus?
Nothing
Nobody
Noone
Nevermore
How do Odysseus and his men injure the cyclops (leading to their escape)?
They stab him in the eye with a hot spear causing him to go blind.
They tie him up while he is sleeping so that he can't chase them.
They cut his Achilles' tendons so that he cannot run fast enough to catch him.
They cut off his big toes so that he has no sense of balance.
What giant animals do Odysseus' men cling to as they flee from Polyphemus' cave?
Horses
Cows
Pigs
Sheep/Rams
Why do Odysseus' men (except for Eurylochus) not fear the powerful enchantress Circe?
She is a great singer.
She is a talented weaver.
She is beautiful woman.
All answers are true.
What animal does Circe transform 22 of Odysseus' men into before he comes to save them?
Horses
Pigs
Cows/Cattle
Sheep/Rams
Which god stops Odysseus on his way into Circe's island to save his men and gives him a special plant to protect him from her power?
Hermes
Helios
Hephaestus
Zeus
Which of Odysseus' men dies after falling off of Circe's roof in an unsupervised drunken stupor?
Perimedes
Eurylochus
Elpenor
Tiresias
Why does Circe send Odysseus to The Land of the Dead?
To face all of the bad things he has done in his past.
Because she is mad he wants to leave her to go back to his wife and son.
She wants him to be trapped there for all eternity.
To hear from the blind prophet Tiresias.
Which ghost/spirit in the Land of the Dead makes Odysseus so sad and guilty that he cannot even speak?
Althea - his mother
Tiresias - the prophet
Elpenor - his fallen comrade
Achilles - a great warrior
What does Tiresias predict in his prophecy?
Odysseus will soon die on his trip home.
Odysseus' wife Penelope is planning to remarry another man.
Odysseus' men will die if they eat the cattle on the Island of the Sun.
Circe will never let Odysseus go home if he travels back to her island to bury Elpenor.
What does Odysseus use to protect his men from the Sirens' song?
Seaweed
Rope
A Magic Plant
Beeswax
What are Scylla and Charybdis?
Whirlpool & Sea Monster
Sirens
Demons
Cyclops & God
Where is Odysseus when his men, led by Eurylochus, rebel against him and slaughter/eat the cattle of the sun god Helios?
Sleeping in a cave nearby.
On the ship preparing to leave the island soon.
Back at Circe's island without them.
He's there with them feasting.
