The Odyssey
Final Novel Test
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Stopping on the island of the Lotus Eaters is nearly disastrous for Odysseus and his crew because
*Which trait of an epic hero does Odysseus show in the Cyclops’s cave when he ties his men to the
rams?
Choose one other event in which Odysseus exhibits the same character trait
When he first sees the Cyclops, Odysseus says that the Cyclops looks like someone who does not
eat “wheaten bread.” He means that the Cyclops is
Odysseus says that the Cyclops “clutched at my companions/and caught two in his hands like
squirming puppies/to beat their brains out, spattering the floor./Then he dismembered them and
made his meal,/ gaping and crunching, like a mountain lion.” He uses the simile to compare the
Cyclops to a
*Review lines 1-11 of Book 10. What mood is conveyed in these lines?
What two phrases from the text best convey this mood?
Circe warns that men who listen to the song of the Sirens will
How does Odysseus prevent himself from being lured by the Sirens’ song?
*Odysseus does not tell his crew the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he knows that
Which of the following lines from the text shows the reaction of Odysseus’ men as they approach
Scylla and Charybdis?
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When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, the first person he goes to visit is
*The dog Argos represents the virtue of
How does Argos best represent this virtue?
Before Odysseus reveals himself, Penelope shows her true feelings for her husband by
After Odysseus kills the first suitor (Antinous), another suitor (Eurymachus) tries to save himself
and the others by doing which TWO of the following?
• What does Athena do during the battle with the suitors?
• Look at these words from Penelope after Odysseus reveals himself to her:
Helen of Argos, daughter of Zeus and Leda,
Would have joined with the stranger, lain with him,
If she had known her destiny? Known the Achaeans
In arms would bring her back to her own country?
Surely a goddess moved her to adultery,
Her blood unchilled by war and evil coming,
The years, the desolation; ours, too.
Penelope is making a comparison between herself and Helen of Troy—the woman over whom the
Trojan War was fought. Which of the following best describes the comparison?
• Penelope doubts Odysseus’ identity, so she
• Which characteristic of the epic appears in Book 22: Death in the Great Hall?
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• Put these events in chronological order
• Odysseus kills the first suitor.
• Telemachus brings Odysseus his shields, spears,
and a helmet.
• Odysseus reveals himself to his son, Telemachus.
• Odysseus explains to Penelope how he
constructed their bed.
• Penelope opens the archery contest.