LUOA English 10 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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LUOA English 10 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
In The Odyssey, where is Odysseus trapped at the beginning of the story?
Sparta
Calypso's Island
Olympus
Troy - CORRECT ANSWER- Calypso's Island
In The Odyssey, Book 1, what did Odysseus do to Polyphemus that angered Poseidon?
He i...
LUOA English 10 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
In The Odyssey, where is Odysseus trapped at the beginning of the story?
Sparta
Calypso's Island
Olympus
Troy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Calypso's Island
In The Odyssey, Book 1, what did Odysseus do to Polyphemus that angered Poseidon?
He insulted Polyphemus
He ate Polyphemus' cattle
He killed Polyphemus
He plucked out Polyphemus' eye - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He plucked out Polyphemus'
eye
In The Odyssey, Book 1, what problem is Telemachus facing at home?
His nursemaid is trying to get him to marry
He lost his fortune by gambling
Men who want to marry his mother are destroying his fortune
His mother spends all day crying and won't help around the house - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Men who want to marry his mother are destroying his fortune
The ancient Greek value of Xenia is the divine art of...
Painting
Honor
Hospitality
Sacrifice - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hospitality
In The Odyssey, how does Penelope keep the suitors from forcing her to make a choice?
She is making a boat to sail and find her husband
,She sews clothes for Telemachus and they never fit
She offers sacrifices to the gods
She weaves a burial shroud then undo it - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔She weaves a burial
shroud then undo it
In The Odyssey, who is Mentor?
Odysseus in disguise
An old friend of Odysseus
Athena in disguise
Penelope's father - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Athena in disguise
In The Odyssey, according to Athena, the gods have power over everything, including fate
and death.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
In The Odyssey, when Odysseus and his men first leave Troy, what do they do that prompts
Zeus to punish them?
Curse the gods for the tragedies of war
Offer a bad sacrifice
Act without seeking glory
Loot the island of Cicones - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Loot the island of Cicones
In The Odyssey, Book 14, what happens to the men who eat the lotus flowers?
They all die
They are nourished for a week from one bite
They turn into pigs
They lose desire to do anything but eat the flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They lose
desire to do anything but eat the flowers
In The Odyssey, what are the clever tricks Odysseus uses to free his men from Polyphemus?
,Makes him swear an oath to free them
Gets Polyphemus drunk
Ties them to the bottom of sheep
Gives his name as "Noman"
Forces him to honor the gods with a sacrifice - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Gets Polyphemus
drunk
Ties them to the bottom of sheep
Gives his name as "Noman"
In The Odyssey, how does Odysseus' pride get him in trouble as they flee the cyclops's
island?
He is so confident in his fighting ability, he leads his men to go kill other cyclopses
He stops to brag to the Nymphs and gets caught again
He stops to write down all of his great ideas and other cyclopses find him
He yells a taunt back to Polyphemus and their ship is almost destroyed - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔He yells a taunt back to Polyphemus and their ship is almost destroyed
In The Odyssey, what prompts Odysseus' men to look inside his bag from Aeolus?
Loyalty
Xenia
Jealousy and desire for glory
Desire for perfection - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Jealousy and desire for glory
In The Odyssey, what happens to the men who enter Circe's palace?
They all die
They are bathed and fed a good meal
They are turned into pigs
They are eaten - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They are turned into pigs
What is the literary term for a typical example fo something, or a recurring symbol?
Irony
, Symbol
Metaphor
Archetype - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Archetype
In literature, what would the sun coming up often symbolize?
Hope and new life
Death and loss of hope
Love and upcoming marriage - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hope and new life
Which character from the Odyssey most closely represents the archetypal "Temptress?"
Penelope
Calypso
Circe
Athena - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Circe
Which moment from The Odyssey most closely represents the archetypal "descent into the
under world?"
Summoning spirits in Hades
Circe's Island
Sailing around the six-headed monster
Phaeacian Feast - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Summoning spirits in Hades
In The Odyssey, Book 11, Tiresius the prophet tells Odysseus he will get home if he...
Controls his urges and his men
He sacrifices himself to Polyphemus
Promises sacrifices to the dead
Respects the gods - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Controls his urges and his men
In The Odyssey, what happened to Odysseus' mother?
She had another child with Poseidon
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