The Odyssey Test Study Guide
Format
Multiple Choice section: 25 questions (25 pts. / 10 min.)
(25) match names / places with descriptions
Short Answer: 10 questions (50 pts. / 25 min.)
(5) IDs: identify characters / places and their significance (3 sentences each)
(5) answer comprehension questions (1 sentence each)
Paragraph: (25 pts. / 15 min.)
Summarize a given incident (2 sentences), and discuss how Homer uses a specific motif /
cultural value to convey a theme statement (5-7 sentences)
Review
Be able to identify people by their relationships to others and their significant actions as well as
their significance to the work as a whole; identify places by what occurred there.
Achilles
Aeaea
Aegisthus
Aeolia
Aeolus
Agamemnon
Ajax (2)
Alcinous
Anticleia
Antinous
Aphrodite
Ares
Arete
Argos
Arnaeus / Irus
Athena
Autolycus
Broadsea
Calypso
Charybdis
Cicones
Circe
Clytemnestra
Demodocus
Elpenor
Eumaeus
Eurycleia
Eurylochus
Eurymachus
Hades
Helen
Helios (Hyperion)
Hephaestus
Hermes
Icarius
Ino
Iphthime
Ismarus
Ithaca
Laertes
Laestrygonians
Laodamas
Lotus-Eaters
Medon
Melanthius
Melantho
Menelaus
Mentes
Mentor
Nausicaa
Neoptolemus
Nestor
Ogygia
Odysseus
Orestes
Phaeacia
Penelope
Phemius
Philoetius
Pisenor
Pisistratus
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Proteus
Pylos
Scylla
Sirens
Sisiphus
Sparta
Styx
Tantalus
Telemachus
Theoclymenus
Tiresias
Zeus
Be able to summarize the stories and discuss how Homer uses the following motifs in those
stories to develop their themes (theme statements). Also, be able to discuss the cultural
value(s) each story conveys.
We will generate the list in class discussion, so take notes on this page.
Motifs
Themes