Exam Review English: The Odyssey
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Why does Odysseus leave home? - Odysseus leaves home to go fight
in the Trojan War
Why does Cyclops live alone in a cave? - The Cyclops lies alone in a
cave because they have no meaning or muster; they have no purpose in
life
Why do...
What are Antinous and the others doing in Odysseus' house? -
✔✔Antinous and the others are trying to marry Odysseus' wife and they are
taking control over the household and the people living in it.
What test does Penelope use to choose a husband from among the
suitors? - ✔✔Penelope decides to tell the suitors that if they can string and
shoot Odysseus's bow and hit the targets they can marry her. But she
knows no one can do any of that other than Odysseus himself.
Why does Odysseus go to the land of the dead? - ✔✔Odysseus goes to
the land of the dead to seek advice from the Prophet Tiresias on how to get
home.
What brings the spirits of the dead to Odysseus? - ✔✔The spirits come to
Odysseus when he sacrifices the black lamb and pours its blood into a
trench.
What does Tiresias say that Odysseus and his men must not do? -
✔✔Tiresias tells Odysseus and his men must not eat Helios's cattle or else
all of his men will die and he will not return home a awhile.
What is Odysseus expressing when he describes how him and his men felt
about the opposing army with these phrases: ".. like the leaves and baldes
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