Anderson English Giant Study Guide

info on odyssey, dragon hoops, mice and men, cannery row, romeo and juliet

who is odysseus?

the king of ithica, very intelligent, married to his wife penelope.

who is calypso?

lives on island off ogygia, casts spell to trap odysseus on her island for seven years as a sex slave.

who is circe?

beautiful, can enchant men, changes men into pigs and other animals, lives on aeaeae.

who is teiresais?

blind prophet, old and frail, able to see future and gives advice, lives in underworld.

who is cyclops?

giant, one eye, very powerful, lives on thrinacia

who is scylla?

sea monster, eats humans and animals, lives in a strait between two cliffs.

who is penelope?

odysseus’ wife, very beautiful, has more than 100 suitors, fairthful to od, from sparta but moves to ithaca for odysseus

who is telemachus?

odysseus’ son, is looking for his father, has not see father since he was a baby.

who is apollo?

sun god, son of zues, twin brother of artemis, has bow and arrows or lyre, god of music as well.

who is athena?

godess of wisdom, helps odysseus on his journey home, daughter of zeus, has a crush on odysseus and favors him.

who is helios?

sun god, gets mad at odyseeus and his men for eating his special cattle, daughter named lampetia.

who is posiedon?

brother of zues, god of the sea, father of cyclops(polyphemus), mad at odysseus for blinding his son so tries to stop him from getting home.

who is zeus?

king of gods, has a thunderbolt, sometimes favors odysseus depending on what either athena, posiedon, or helios tell him

who is hermes?

messenger god, son of zeus, winged sandals, gives odysseus a plant to escape circe’s spell, gives odysseus a raft to escape calypso

who wrote the odyssey?

homer is the author who also wrote the iliad.

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What is Telemachus doing while Odysseus is trapped on Calypso’s island?

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he is searching for his father

How long has Odysseus been away from his home?

twenty years, ten in the trojan war and ten trying to get home

Who is Hermes and what is his mission?

he is the messenger from zeus and is there to get odysseus released

What does Odyssees do with Calypso every night while he stays trapped on her island?

he sleeps with her every night, not entirely unwillingly

What does Calypso offer Odysseus that she hopes will make him forget his wife and stay with her?

immortality

What is the main problem Odysseus faces while traveling by sea?

because posiedon raises a storm and destroys the raft

Who asks Odysseus to tell the tale of his journey?

the king of the phaeacians asks him

What does Odysseus ask of the minstrel (the man singing and entertaining the guests)

to sing a song about himself

What does the situation with the Cicones people say about how Odysseus and his armies treated them?

it shows that odysseus was not a good person as he stormed the place, fought the men who fought him, and enslaved and raped the women

What is the effect of the Lotus plant?

it makes people want to stay on the island and forget about their past goals

How did Odysseus deal with his men to return them to the ships after being with the Lotus-Eaters?

he took them to the ship and tied their wailing bodies under the rowing benches

How heavy is the door of the Cyclops’ cave?

it is so heavy that no human machine or human can even attempt to move it

What is the first villainous and horrendous thing the Cyclops does to Odysseus’s men?

he took some men and beat their brains out

Why doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops, Polyphemus, when he has the chance?

because he was not strong enough to move the rock from the entrance of the cave.

What does Odysseus give the Cyclops as a “gift”?

he gives him a lot of wine

What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus that his name is?

Nobhdy

What did Odysseus and his men do to Polyphemus?

they get him drunk and then take a stick and blind him with it

How did the other Cyclops on the island react to Polyphemus who was wailing about his pain?

they say that if “nobhdy“ has harmed him then they are no use and leave him there

How does Odysseus and his men sneak out of Polyphemus’s cave?

underneath the sheep’s fur

What foolish thing does Odysseus do?

he tells the cyclops his name and hi s home

What does the Cyclops ask his father Poseidon to do for him?

to make sure odysseus does not see his home

what is posiedon the god of?

the sea.

What does Circe do to some of Odysseus’ men?

she turns them into pigs

What does Odysseus have from Hermes to protect him from Circe’s powers?

he has a plant called moly that will weaken circe’s power

How is the relationship between Circe and Odysseus while he “stays” on her island?

odysseus enjoys circe’s company and shares many meal with her and she restores his heart

who is teiresias?

a blind prophet.

What does Odysseus want from Teiresias?

he wants to learn his destiny

What does Teiresias predict for Odysseus?

odysseus will survive alone, and will be lost for years

What will happen to Odysseus’s men?

if they raid the beeves there will be destruction for the ship and crew

What should Odysseus do to the suitors at his house when he returns to Ithaca?

he needs to kill them all

What does Teiresias say Odysseus should do after dealing with the suitors so that he may live the rest of his life in peace?

make a sacrifice to poseidon, a ram, a bull, and a great buck boar

What should he and his men do to keep safe from the Sirens?

fill their ears with wax to block out the siren’s songs

How many tentacles and heads does Scylla have?

twelve tentacles, six heads

What is the name of the whirlpool?

charybdis

What will Charybdis do if Odysseus’s ship gets too close?

it will take the whole ship and everyone on it so it will be better to lose a few men than everything

What does Odysseus keep secret from his men?

that he will be the only survivor of the long journey

How does Odysseus keep away from the Sirens?

he ties himself up super tight

Why didn’t Odysseus tell his men the truth?

because then they will get scared and not do any work so odysseus would not be able to reach home

What does Odysseus tell his crew about the sacred cattle?

it is not their’s to take and if they do they will pay dearly for it

What did the men do to the best of Helios’ cattle?

they killed it to eat because they were starving

Why wasn’t Odysseus with his men during the situation with Helios’ cattle?

he was put to sleep by the gods

Who is Lampetia and what did she do?

lampetia is the daughter of helios who tells him that the men killed his cattle

What did Helios threaten to do if the gods refused him?

he threatens to stop bringing the sun up in the mornings

Why does Athena put Odysseus in disguise? 

because odysseus has many enemies in his home

How long has it been since Telemachus has seen his father, Odysseus?

twenty years

Who does Telemachus think Odysseus is when Athena removes his disguise?

one of the gods who rule heaven

What did Telemachus and Odysseus do when they recognized each other? 

they cry and hug

How does the old nurse, Eurycleia recognize the old beggar guest as Odysseus? 

from a scar on his leg

What does Athena do to Penelope?

casts a spell on her so she does not notie the nurse recognizing odysseus

How does Penelope test the suitors?

she asks them to string odysseus’s bow

What does Odysseus promise to the men who want to help him defeat the suitors?

marriges to both, cattle, and houses built near odysseus’s

Why don’t the suitors want Odysseus to try to string the bow? 

because he looks like a simple beggar and they did not want him to try when they failed

What supernatural sign occurred once Odysseus finally strung his own bow? 

zeus thundered overhead, one loud crack as the sign

Whom does Odysseus kill first and why does Odysseus kill him first?

antinous because when odysseus as masking as a beggar he showed him no respect and hit him with a stool

How does Eurymachus plead his case with Odysseus explaining it’s not his fault?

he tells odysseus that they were all led by antinous and that he whipped them to do those things

Which two servants are spared, who were not killed? 

the swineherd and the cowherd

What supernatural power comes to aid Odysseus and Telemachus as they fight off more than a hundred suitors?

an unmanning thundercloud, the aiges, Athena’s shield

What does Odysseus do to the unfaithful maids? 

tells them to clean the house and get rid of the dead suitors

Why doesn’t Penelope think the man who defeated all the suitors is her husband, Odysseus?

she suspects a trick from the gods

What does Odysseus do to try to convince Penelope that he is her husband? 

he tells her about the bed that he made for them

where does the book dragon hoops take place?

o’dowd high school in oakland hills.

when did Mr. Yang start writing and drawing?

after graduating from college

what was Mr. Yang’s primary job?

he was a math teacher at bishop O’dowd high school

when did dragon hoop take place (what year)?

2014 to 2015

what is the motif of dragon hoops?

the word step, it symbolized people doing things they were uncomfortable with

who did people compare coach lou to?

mars blackmon, a character form air jordan commercials

who invented the game basketball and in what year?

james naismith in 1891

how many times did the dragons lose states before winning?

8

when did the nba start and what was the original name?

in 1946 as the basketball association of america and they changed their name in 1949 when they merged with national basketball league

who is senda berenson? what year was it? how old was she?

she was a pyshical education teacher at a women’s college (Smith College). it was 1892. she was 23.

what did berenson do and why was it important?

she changed the rules of basketball to adapt it society’s views of womens expectation. it is important because she found a way to mke women’s basketball accepted by american society and she transformed women’s althelics forever.

who scored the first dunk in women’s collage bball and in what year?

georgeann wells in 1984.

who was George Mikan and where was he from?

he was a Crotia Catholic immigrant and was born in 1924.

what was mikan’s original career choice? how did he become a basketball player?

he was going to become an ordinary priest. he joined his seminary’’s basketball team and during a game got scouted by the athletic director from Chicago DePaul University.

what did Mikan do in a game that previously seemed physically impossible?

he blocked a shot on its downward arc called goal-tending.

what are mikan’s biggest acheviements?

he played in the leagues first four all-star games, and won seven championships.

what is Sikhism and how is it practiced?

It is the ninth largest releigion and was founded by Guru Nanak in India. There were “Five Ks“ the Kesh (a turban), Kangha (a wooden comb), Kara (and iron bangle), Kachera (an undergarment), and a Kirpan (a short dagger).

what is the CBA and when was if founded?

it stands for the chinese basketball association and was founded in 1995.

who were the first chinese players in the NBA?

the first was Wang ZhiZhi and the second was Yao Ming.

what was so significant about Yao Ming’s career?

even after facing racial comments and having a tough start Ming thrived and was an eight time nba all star.

what happened with coach phelps that caused him to become a controversy?

he was anonymously acused of molesting a student in the 1960s and an oficial ruling was never given but Phelps was still asked to leave the school.

who won their own championship the previous day?

the women’s varsity team from o’dowd.

who ties the championship game at the very end?

austin walker.

who scores the last point in the game?

ivan rabb.

who wins the championship game?

the o’dowd dragons!!!