The Odyssey Questions with All Correct Answers
Which god hates Odysseus? - Answer-Poseidon because he blinded Polyphemus.
Which god helps out Odysseus? - Answer-Athena
Why does Homer refer to the Muse in the first line? What is this called? - Answer-To inspire his storytelling. This is the ...
The Odyssey Questions with All
Correct Answers
Which god hates Odysseus? - Answer-Poseidon because he blinded Polyphemus.
Which god helps out Odysseus? - Answer-Athena
Why does Homer refer to the Muse in the first line? What is this called? - Answer-To
inspire his storytelling. This is the INVOCATION.
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the BEGINNING of the "Cyclops" episode? - Answer-
curiosity
What virtue does Polyphemus NOT exhibit to his guests? - Answer-hospitality
Odysseus' major epic hero trait during the Cyclops episode is - Answer-intelligence
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the END of the Cyclops episode? - Answer-excessive
pride/arrogance (taunting the Cyclops and telling him his real name)
How and why does Athena disguise Odysseus? - Answer-Athena disguises him as an
old, homeless man so he can surprise the suitors at his house.
Who are the two "leaders" of the suitors? - Answer-Antinous and Eurymachus
Which suitor does Odysseus kill first and how? - Answer-Odysseus kills Antinous first
with an arrow through the neck.
What does Eurymachus say to save his life? - Answer-Eurymachus pins all the blame
on Antinous, pleads everyone else's freedom, and promises to repay what they took.
How does Penelope use their bed to test if Odysseus is really her husband? - Answer-
Penelope tells a servant to move the master bed. This was a bed that Odysseus built
himself from the trunk of an olive tree that would be impossible for anyone to move, but
only Odysseus would know that.
Ithaca - Answer-Odysseus's home and kingdom
This story is based on Odysseus's return from the ________ . - Answer-Trojan War
Odysseus's son - Answer-Telemachus
, One of Odysseus's enemies? (a god) - Answer-Poseidon
One of Odysseus's enemies? (cyclops) - Answer-Polyphemus
Who turned Odysseus' men into pigs? - Answer-Circe
How does Odysseus win the battle with the Cyclops? - Answer-Tricks Polyphemus with
a false name and wine, then blinds him and escapes under the bellies of sheep.
What does Circe turn Odysseus's men into? - Answer-Pigs
What is Odysseus disguised as when he returns to Ithaca? - Answer-a beggar
Which god gives Odysseus the most trouble? - Answer-Poseidon
What weapon is used in the challenge Penelope presents the suitors with? - Answer-
bow and arrow
A mild danger, the lotus, is to be avoided because anyone who eats it: - Answer-wishes
to stay in the land of the lotus forever
An epic is best defined as a: - Answer-long narrative poem about a hero
Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him? - Answer-Only Cyclops can
move the boulder blocking the cave
Who composed the Odyssey? - Answer-Homer
Where did Odysseus go to fight the war? - Answer-Troy
Who is the king to whom Odysseus tells his story beginning the major flashback in Book
9? - Answer-Alcinous
Who is the king of Ithaca? - Answer-Odysseus
King of the gods - Answer-Zeus
goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare - Answer-Athena
Odysseus' father - Answer-Laertes
Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - Answer-Tiresias
Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - Answer-Sirens
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