The Odyssey

Final Test Review

What is the relationship between Odysseus and the gods?

1. The gods are protecting him.

2. The gods are ignoring him.

3. The gods are testing him.

4. The gods think he is wonderful.

What is the relationship between Odysseus and the gods?

1. The gods are protecting him.

2. The gods are ignoring him.

3. The gods are testing him.

4. The gods think he is wonderful.

Which of the following does Odysseus value the most?

1. Wealth

2. Fighting in wars

3. His homeland

4. Foreign lands

Which of the following does Odysseus value the most?

1. Wealth

2. Fighting in wars

3. His homeland

4. Foreign lands

What modern thing is the Lotus most like?

1. A medicine

2. An addictive drug

3. A sunflower

4. A delicious food

What modern thing is the Lotus most like?

1. A medicine

2. An addictive drug

3. A sunflower

4. A delicious food

What effect did Odysseus fear that the Lotus would have on his crew?

1. It would make them sleepy.

2. It would make them fight with each other.

3. It would make them lose the will to get back home.

4. It would kill them.

What effect did Odysseus fear that the Lotus would have on his crew?

1. It would make them sleepy.

2. It would make them fight with each other.

3. It would make them lose the will to get back home.

4. It would kill them.

Which word does NOT describe the Cyclops?

1. Giant

2. Sheepherder

3. Savage

4. Intelligent

Which word does NOT describe the Cyclops?

1. Giant

2. Sheepherder

3. Savage

4. Intelligent

Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s ears with wax when they sailed

past the Sirens?

1. He wanted to be the only one to hear their exotic song.

2. He did not want his crew to know anything about the Sirens.

3. He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize his crew and send them to their doom.

4. He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did not enjoy any type of music.

Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s ears with wax when they sailed

past the Sirens?

1. He wanted to be the only one to hear their exotic song.

2. He did not want his crew to know anything about the Sirens.

3. He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize his crew and send them to their doom.

4. He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did not enjoy any type of music.

How did Circe help Oydsseus?

1. She planned his future course in detail.

2. She promised to protect him from all danger.

3. She told him about the dangers he would face.

4. She gave him a gold locket that would protect him from future dangers.

How did Circe help Oydsseus?

1. She planned his future course in detail.

2. She promised to protect him from all danger.

3. She told him about the dangers he would face.

4. She gave him a gold locket that would protect him from future dangers.

Which two characters pose the same kind of danger to Odysseus

and his men?

1. Circe & the Cyclops

2. The Sirens & the Cyclops

3. The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters

4. Circe & the Lotus Eaters

Which two characters pose the same kind of danger to Odysseus

and his men?

1. Circe & the Cyclops

2. The Sirens & the Cyclops

3. The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters

4. Circe & the Lotus Eaters

How are the Cyclops and Scylla alike?

1. They enchant their victims.

2. They each have more than one head.

3. They eat their victims.

4. They live in the ocean.

How are the Cyclops and Scylla alike?

1. They enchant their victims.

2. They each have more than one head.

3. They eat their victims.

4. They live in the ocean.

Which is NOT a conflict that Odysseus faces in the poem?

1. Whether or not to go home

2. When and if to put his crew in danger

3. Whether or not to love Circe

4. Whether or not to quit as a leader

Which is NOT a conflict that Odysseus faces in the poem?

1. Whether or not to go home

2. When and if to put his crew in danger

3. Whether or not to love Circe

4. Whether or not to quit as a leader

Why did Odysseus have to trick the blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?

1. Odysseus was tied up.

2. A huge rock was blocking the entrance to the cave.

3. Odysseus was drugged.

4. Another Cyclops was guarding the entrance to the cave.

Why did Odysseus have to trick the blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?

1. Odysseus was tied up.

2. A huge rock was blocking the entrance to the cave.

3. Odysseus was drugged.

4. Another Cyclops was guarding the entrance to the cave.

What caused Odysseus to finally leave Circe’s palace?

1. Odysseus’s men asked him to continue his journey home.

2. Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her promise to him.

3. Circe’s magic wore off.

4. Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.

What caused Odysseus to finally leave Circe’s palace?

1. Odysseus’s men asked him to continue his journey home.

2. Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her promise to him.

3. Circe’s magic wore off.

4. Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.

Which statement best expresses the theme of the Odyssey?

1. Those who are strong need follow no laws except the dictates of their own desires.

2. A person must show courage and cleverness to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.

3. A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid the dangers of a hostile world.

4. A person has no control over what happens in life; fate rules over all events.

Which statement best expresses the theme of the Odyssey?

1. Those who are strong need follow no laws except the dictates of their own desires.

2. A person must show courage and cleverness to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.

3. A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid the dangers of a hostile world.

4. A person has no control over what happens in life; fate rules over all events.

The main pattern of the Odyssey can be seen as one of

1. Birth, death, and rebirth

2. Conflict and loss

3. Going forth and coming home

4. Fate versus free will

The main pattern of the Odyssey can be seen as one of

1. Birth, death, and rebirth

2. Conflict and loss

3. Going forth and coming home

4. Fate versus free will

The climax of the Odyssey is the episode in which

1. Odysseus and Penelope embrace

2. Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition

3. Odysseus alone escapes when all of his men drown

4. Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he is his father.

The climax of the Odyssey is the episode in which

1. Odysseus and Penelope embrace

2. Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition

3. Odysseus alone escapes when all of his men drown

4. Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he is his father.

Odysseus wanders for ten years before he returns home because

1. His wife has remarried

2. He wishes to be free

3. He gets lost

4. The gods prevented him from reaching home

Odysseus wanders for ten years before he returns home because

1. His wife has remarried

2. He wishes to be free

3. He gets lost

4. The gods prevented him from reaching home

In both Iliad and the Odyssey

1. Courage and cunning are valued

2. All of the action is set in Troy

3. The mood is warlike and cruel

4. The plot concerns a hero who longs to return to his home

In both Iliad and the Odyssey

1. Courage and cunning are valued

2. All of the action is set in Troy

3. The mood is warlike and cruel

4. The plot concerns a hero who longs to return to his home

An epic poem usually begins with

1. A prophecy of doom

2. An invocation to the muse

3. A rhyming couplet

4. Praise of the hero

An epic poem usually begins with

1. A prophecy of doom

2. An invocation to the muse

3. A rhyming couplet

4. Praise of the hero

Unlike the hero of most novels and short stories, an epic hero

1. Triumphs over dangers and conflicts

2. Shows great courage, cunning, and no character flaws

3. Embodies the values of a particular culture

4. Shows physical strength but not much moral strength

Unlike the hero of most novels and short stories, an epic hero

1. Triumphs over dangers and conflicts

2. Shows great courage, cunning, and no character flaws

3. Embodies the values of a particular culture

4. Shows physical strength but not much moral strength

The Odyssey is based on

1. Stories that had been told orally for many generations

2. Stories collected by Greek philosophers to teach Greek values

3. Actual, historical records found by Greek minstrels

4. Events, characters, and plot that Homer created from imagination

The Odyssey is based on

1. Stories that had been told orally for many generations

2. Stories collected by Greek philosophers to teach Greek values

3. Actual, historical records found by Greek minstrels

4. Events, characters, and plot that Homer created from imagination

Homer is believed to have been a(n)

1. Illiterate musician

2. Soldier of the Trojan army

3. Greek philosopher

4. Blind minstrel

Homer is believed to have been a(n)

1. Illiterate musician

2. Soldier of the Trojan army

3. Greek philosopher

4. Blind minstrel

Which of the following can be classified as an epic?

1. A short narrative poem about a national hero or historic event

2. A long narrative poem about the adventures of a national hero

3. A short narrative poem that tells a tragic story

4. A long humorous poem that tells a familiar story or legend

Which of the following can be classified as an epic?

1. A short narrative poem about a national hero or historic event

2. A long narrative poem about the adventures of a national hero

3. A short narrative poem that tells a tragic story

4. A long humorous poem that tells a familiar story or legend

An epic is different from most narrative poems because an epic

1. Tells a story

2. Uses figurative language

3. Uses rhyme and rhythm

4. Has a serious and elevated tone

An epic is different from most narrative poems because an epic

1. Tells a story

2. Uses figurative language

3. Uses rhyme and rhythm

4. Has a serious and elevated tone

The Iliad and the Odyssey have the following relationship:

1. They have no clear relationship

2. Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy

3. One is a sequel to the other

4. Both are about Odysseus’s return to Ithaca

The Iliad and the Odyssey have the following relationship:

1. They have no clear relationship

2. Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy

3. One is a sequel to the other

4. Both are about Odysseus’s return to Ithaca

Beautiful nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for

7 years; she promises him a raft.

Calypso

Individual who is said to have been the cause of the

Trojan War

Helen

Blind prophet who resides in the Underworld

Teiresias

Sea nymphs who tried to lure Odysseus and his men with

their music

sirens

Men pursuing Odysseus’s wife

suitors

Historians, entertainers, myth-makers; traveling

singers of tales

rhapsodes

Great goddess of wisdom

Athena

An old family friend who “appears” to Telemachus at

the beginning

Mentor

King of Pylos

Nestor

Witch goddess who turns Odysseus’s men into swine

Circe

Helen’s husband

Menelaus

God of wind

Aeolus

Odysseus’s enemy and Zeus’s brother; god of the

sea

Poseidon

Most powerful of all the gods

Zeus

Messenger god

Hermes

Female monster with six serpent heads

Scylla

How many years have passed since Odysseus last

saw his son?

20 years

What is the name of the mountain home of the gods

where Zeus resides?

Mount Olympus

What is Cyclops’s other name?

Polyphemus

How long did the Trojan war last?

10 years

The epic that serves as our primary model for the epic

of a long journey is Homer’s ______________

The epic that serves as our primary model for the epic

of a long journey is Homer’s Odyssey

What are myths?

Stories that use fantasy to express difficult ideas.

Are most myths essentially religious?

YES

Was it the Greeks or the Trojans who were hidden inside the wooden horse?

GREEKS

What was Homer’s first epic?

The Iliad

True/False

Heroes were thought of as a special class of aristocrats.

TRUE

How long do Odysseus and his men remain on Circe’s

island?

5 years

Teiresias said, “It is the ___________ itself that

makes up your life.”

journey

What does Teiresias tell Odysseus to look for in

order to find his way home?

star

How is the nurse able to identify Odysseus?

By the scar on his leg

Who does Odysseus see in the Underworld?

His mother

Athena changes Odysseus’s appearance after he returns

to Ithaca so that he looks more like a __________.

beggar

How is Odysseus able to survive the encounter with

the Sirens?

He orders his men to tie him to the mast

Odysseus tells his crew nothing about

1. Circe’s prophecy about Scylla

2. The sun god’s cattle

3. How to guide the boat past Charybdis

4. How to behave when the pass the Sirens

Odysseus tells his crew nothing about

1. Circe’s prophecy about Scylla

2. The sun god’s cattle

3. How to guide the boat past Charybdis

4. How to behave when the pass the Sirens

How many of Odysseus’s men did Scylla snatch from

the boat?

six

The story of Laertes’ shroud reveals Penelope’s

1. Kindness

2. Cleverness

3. Dishonesty

4. Beauty

The story of Laertes’ shroud reveals Penelope’s

1. Kindness

2. Cleverness

3. Dishonesty

4. Beauty

During the course of his wanderings, Odysseus struggles against

1. Supernatural enemies, human enemies, and natural forces

2. Monsters, relatives, and natural forces

3. His own fear, cowardice, and despair

4. His own greed, fear, and arrogance

During the course of his wanderings, Odysseus struggles against

1. Supernatural enemies, human enemies, and natural forces

2. Monsters, relatives, and natural forces

3. His own fear, cowardice, and despair

4. His own greed, fear, and arrogance

The suitors are guilty of abusing two Greek values: hospitality and

1. Loyalty to one’s homeland

2. Love of family

3. Love of learning

4. Courtesy to strangers

The suitors are guilty of abusing two Greek values: hospitality and

1. Loyalty to one’s homeland

2. Love of family

3. Love of learning

4. Courtesy to strangers

Odysseus may be characterized as

1. A very clever or resourceful leader2. Needing to develop more

sympathy for his men3. A courageous and cunning leader4. A flawless leader who never

makes a mistake

Odysseus may be characterized as

1. A very clever or resourceful leader2. Needing to develop more

sympathy for his men3. A courageous and cunning leader4. A flawless leader who never

makes a mistake

Finally…THE END!!!

Good Luck!

I know you all are going to do very well!!!

Ms. M