Odyssey Test Review
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What is an epic?
Long narrative poem, the great deeds of heroes, lofty language, and contains values of the society that produced it
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When the Odyssey was written?
800 BC
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What time period was the Odyssey set in?
1200-1250 BC
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What was Homer’s first epic called?
The Iliad
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Who was Homer?
A blind poet
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What is a rhapsode?
A person who recites epics
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What is a Homeric simile?
A longer comparison using like or as comparing the ordinary to the extraordinary
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What is Odysseus’ most important quality or characteristic
His wits
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How did Odysseus win the Trojan War?
The Trojan Horse
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Where was Odysseus the king of?
Ithica
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What is an invocation?
Invoking a particular individual for help in writing the epic
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Who were the muse?
9 daughters of Zeus
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What happens when Odysseus’ men eat the lotus flower?
They don’t want to leave and lose all motivation
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What was the name of the Cyclops?
Polyphemus
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Why does Odysseus not kill the Cyclops?
They won’t be able to leave the cave
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How does Odysseus save his men from the Sirens.
He plugged their ears with beeswax
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Why doesn't Odysseus warn his men about Scylla?
Because they’ll get scared, and they might get too close to Charybdis
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What was the prophecy of Circe and Teiresias that Odysseus withholds from his men?
All of the men will die except Odysseus
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What did Circe do to Odysseus’ men?
Turned them into animals
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Why is Circe unable to use her magic on Odysseus?
Hermes gave Odysseus a plant called moly to protect him
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What did Calypso want to do for Odysseus to make him agree to stay with her on her island?
Make him immortal
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What did Athena disguise Odysseus as?
An old beggar
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Which important character is the last to learn who the beggar really is?
Penelope
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What task does Penelope set for her suitors?
She would marry whoever could string Odysseus's bow and fire it through 12 axes
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Who shows hospitality to Odysseus once he gets home?
Eumaeus
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Why were the maids executed?
They slept with the suitors
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What does Odysseus do after killing the worst suitor
Kills everyone else
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Which god made Odysseus’ journey home so difficult?
Poseidon
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Who is Odysseus’ son?
Telemachus
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How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
He explains that he built their bedroom around an ancient olive tree, which is unmovable