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The Odyssey
Final Test Review
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What is the relationship between
Odysseus and the gods?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The gods are protecting him.
The gods are ignoring him.
The gods are testing him.
The gods think he is wonderful.
What is the relationship between
Odysseus and the gods?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The gods are protecting him.
The gods are ignoring him.
The gods are testing him.
The gods think he is wonderful.
Which of the following does
Odysseus value the most?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Wealth
Fighting in wars
His homeland
Foreign lands
Which of the following does
Odysseus value the most?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Wealth
Fighting in wars
His homeland
Foreign lands
What modern thing is the Lotus
most like?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A medicine
An addictive drug
A sunflower
A delicious food
What modern thing is the Lotus
most like?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A medicine
An addictive drug
A sunflower
A delicious food
What effect did Odysseus fear that
the Lotus would have on his crew?
1. It would make them sleepy.
2. It would make them fight with each other.
3. It would make them lose the will to get
back home.
4. It would kill them.
What effect did Odysseus fear that
the Lotus would have on his crew?
1. It would make them sleepy.
2. It would make them fight with each other.
3. It would make them lose the will to get
back home.
4. It would kill them.
Which word does NOT describe the
Cyclops?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Giant
Sheepherder
Savage
Intelligent
Which word does NOT describe the
Cyclops?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Giant
Sheepherder
Savage
Intelligent
Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s
ears with wax when they sailed
past the Sirens?
1. He wanted to be the only one to hear their
exotic song.
2. He did not want his crew to know anything
about the Sirens.
3. He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize
his crew and send them to their doom.
4. He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did
not enjoy any type of music.
Why did Odysseus plug his crew’s
ears with wax when they sailed
past the Sirens?
1. He wanted to be the only one to hear their
exotic song.
2. He did not want his crew to know anything
about the Sirens.
3. He knew that the Sirens’ song would hypnotize
his crew and send them to their doom.
4. He knew that his crew was sensitive to and did
not enjoy any type of music.
How did Circe help Oydsseus?
1. She planned his future course in detail.
2. She promised to protect him from all
danger.
3. She told him about the dangers he would
face.
4. She gave him a gold locket that would
protect him from future dangers.
How did Circe help Oydsseus?
1. She planned his future course in detail.
2. She promised to protect him from all
danger.
3. She told him about the dangers he would
face.
4. She gave him a gold locket that would
protect him from future dangers.
Which two characters pose the
same kind of danger to Odysseus
and his men?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Circe & the Cyclops
The Sirens & the Cyclops
The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters
Circe & the Lotus Eaters
Which two characters pose the
same kind of danger to Odysseus
and his men?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Circe & the Cyclops
The Sirens & the Cyclops
The Cyclops & the Lotus Eaters
Circe & the Lotus Eaters
How are the Cyclops and Scylla
alike?
1.
2.
3.
4.
They enchant their victims.
They each have more than one head.
They eat their victims.
They live in the ocean.
How are the Cyclops and Scylla
alike?
1.
2.
3.
4.
They enchant their victims.
They each have more than one head.
They eat their victims.
They live in the ocean.
Which is NOT a conflict that
Odysseus faces in the poem?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Whether or not to go home
When and if to put his crew in danger
Whether or not to love Circe
Whether or not to quit as a leader
Which is NOT a conflict that
Odysseus faces in the poem?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Whether or not to go home
When and if to put his crew in danger
Whether or not to love Circe
Whether or not to quit as a leader
Why did Odysseus have to trick the
blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?
1. Odysseus was tied up.
2. A huge rock was blocking the entrance to
the cave.
3. Odysseus was drugged.
4. Another Cyclops was guarding the
entrance to the cave.
Why did Odysseus have to trick the
blind Cyclops to escape from his cave?
1. Odysseus was tied up.
2. A huge rock was blocking the entrance to
the cave.
3. Odysseus was drugged.
4. Another Cyclops was guarding the
entrance to the cave.
What caused Odysseus to finally
leave Circe’s palace?
1. Odysseus’s men asked him to continue
his journey home.
2. Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her
promise to him.
3. Circe’s magic wore off.
4. Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.
What caused Odysseus to finally
leave Circe’s palace?
1. Odysseus’s men asked him to continue
his journey home.
2. Circe angered Odysseus by breaking her
promise to him.
3. Circe’s magic wore off.
4. Odysseus wanted to see the underworld.
Which statement best expresses
the theme of the Odyssey?
1. Those who are strong need follow no laws
except the dictates of their own desires.
2. A person must show courage and cleverness
to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
3. A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid
the dangers of a hostile world.
4. A person has no control over what happens in
life; fate rules over all events.
Which statement best expresses
the theme of the Odyssey?
1. Those who are strong need follow no laws
except the dictates of their own desires.
2. A person must show courage and cleverness
to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
3. A person must use cunning and deceit to avoid
the dangers of a hostile world.
4. A person has no control over what happens in
life; fate rules over all events.
The main pattern of the Odyssey
can be seen as one of
1.
2.
3.
4.
Birth, death, and rebirth
Conflict and loss
Going forth and coming home
Fate versus free will
The main pattern of the Odyssey
can be seen as one of
1.
2.
3.
4.
Birth, death, and rebirth
Conflict and loss
Going forth and coming home
Fate versus free will
The climax of the Odyssey is the
episode in which
1. Odysseus and Penelope embrace
2. Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition
3. Odysseus alone escapes when all of his
men drown
4. Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he
is his father.
The climax of the Odyssey is the
episode in which
1. Odysseus and Penelope embrace
2. Odysseus wins Penelope’s competition
3. Odysseus alone escapes when all of his
men drown
4. Odysseus convinces Telemachus that he
is his father.
Odysseus wanders for ten years
before he returns home because
1.
2.
3.
4.
His wife has remarried
He wishes to be free
He gets lost
The gods prevented him from
reaching home
Odysseus wanders for ten years
before he returns home because
1.
2.
3.
4.
His wife has remarried
He wishes to be free
He gets lost
The gods prevented him from
reaching home
In both Iliad and the Odyssey
1.
2.
3.
4.
Courage and cunning are valued
All of the action is set in Troy
The mood is warlike and cruel
The plot concerns a hero who longs to
return to his home
In both Iliad and the Odyssey
1.
2.
3.
4.
Courage and cunning are valued
All of the action is set in Troy
The mood is warlike and cruel
The plot concerns a hero who longs to
return to his home
An epic poem usually begins with
1.
2.
3.
4.
A prophecy of doom
An invocation to the muse
A rhyming couplet
Praise of the hero
An epic poem usually begins with
1.
2.
3.
4.
A prophecy of doom
An invocation to the muse
A rhyming couplet
Praise of the hero
Unlike the hero of most novels and
short stories, an epic hero
1. Triumphs over dangers and conflicts
2. Shows great courage, cunning, and no
character flaws
3. Embodies the values of a particular
culture
4. Shows physical strength but not much
moral strength
Unlike the hero of most novels and
short stories, an epic hero
1. Triumphs over dangers and conflicts
2. Shows great courage, cunning, and no
character flaws
3. Embodies the values of a particular
culture
4. Shows physical strength but not much
moral strength
The Odyssey is based on
1. Stories that had been told orally for many
generations
2. Stories collected by Greek philosophers
to teach Greek values
3. Actual, historical records found by Greek
minstrels
4. Events, characters, and plot that Homer
created from imagination
The Odyssey is based on
1. Stories that had been told orally for many
generations
2. Stories collected by Greek philosophers
to teach Greek values
3. Actual, historical records found by Greek
minstrels
4. Events, characters, and plot that Homer
created from imagination
Homer is believed to have been
a(n)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Illiterate musician
Soldier of the Trojan army
Greek philosopher
Blind minstrel
Homer is believed to have been
a(n)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Illiterate musician
Soldier of the Trojan army
Greek philosopher
Blind minstrel
Which of the following can be
classified as an epic?
1. A short narrative poem about a national
hero or historic event
2. A long narrative poem about the
adventures of a national hero
3. A short narrative poem that tells a tragic
story
4. A long humorous poem that tells a
familiar story or legend
Which of the following can be
classified as an epic?
1. A short narrative poem about a national
hero or historic event
2. A long narrative poem about the
adventures of a national hero
3. A short narrative poem that tells a tragic
story
4. A long humorous poem that tells a
familiar story or legend
An epic is different from most
narrative poems because an epic
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tells a story
Uses figurative language
Uses rhyme and rhythm
Has a serious and elevated tone
An epic is different from most
narrative poems because an epic
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tells a story
Uses figurative language
Uses rhyme and rhythm
Has a serious and elevated tone
The Iliad and the Odyssey have the
following relationship:
1.
2.
3.
4.
They have no clear relationship
Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy
One is a sequel to the other
Both are about Odysseus’s return to
Ithaca
The Iliad and the Odyssey have the
following relationship:
1.
2.
3.
4.
They have no clear relationship
Both end with the Greeks’ defeat of Troy
One is a sequel to the other
Both are about Odysseus’s return to
Ithaca
Beautiful nymph who keeps
Odysseus on her island for
7 years; she promises him a
raft.
Calypso
Individual who is said to have
been the cause of the
Trojan War
Helen
Blind prophet who resides in
the Underworld
Teiresias
Sea nymphs who tried to lure
Odysseus and his men with
their music
sirens
Men pursuing Odysseus’s
wife
suitors
Historians, entertainers,
myth-makers; traveling
singers of tales
rhapsodes
Great goddess of wisdom
Athena
An old family friend who
“appears” to Telemachus at
the beginning
Mentor
King of Pylos
Nestor
Witch goddess who turns
Odysseus’s men into swine
Circe
Helen’s husband
Menelaus
God of wind
Aeolus
Odysseus’s enemy and
Zeus’s brother; god of the
sea
Poseidon
Most powerful of all the gods
Zeus
Messenger god
Hermes
Female monster with six
serpent heads
Scylla
How many years have
passed since Odysseus last
saw his son?
20 years
What is the name of the
mountain home of the gods
where Zeus resides?
Mount Olympus
What is Cyclops’s other
name?
Polyphemus
How long did the Trojan war
last?
10 years
The epic that serves as our
primary model for the epic
of a long journey is Homer’s
______________
The epic that serves as our
primary model for the epic
of a long journey is Homer’s
Odyssey
What are myths?
Stories that use fantasy to
express difficult ideas.
Are most myths essentially
religious?
YES
Was it the Greeks or the
Trojans who were hidden
inside the wooden horse?
GREEKS
What was Homer’s first epic?
The Iliad
True/False
Heroes were thought of as a
special class of aristocrats.
TRUE
How long do Odysseus and
his men remain on Circe’s
island?
5 years
Teiresias said, “It is the
___________ itself that
makes up your life.”
journey
What does Teiresias tell
Odysseus to look for in
order to find his way home?
star
How is the nurse able to
identify Odysseus?
By the scar on his leg
Who does Odysseus see in
the Underworld?
His mother
Athena changes Odysseus’s
appearance after he returns
to Ithaca so that he looks
more like a __________.
beggar
How is Odysseus able to
survive the encounter with
the Sirens?
He orders his men to tie him
to the mast
Odysseus tells his crew nothing
about
1. Circe’s prophecy about Scylla
2. The sun god’s cattle
3. How to guide the boat past
Charybdis
4. How to behave when the pass
the Sirens
Odysseus tells his crew nothing
about
1. Circe’s prophecy about Scylla
2. The sun god’s cattle
3. How to guide the boat past
Charybdis
4. How to behave when the pass
the Sirens
How many of Odysseus’s
men did Scylla snatch from
the boat?
six
The story of Laertes’ shroud
reveals Penelope’s
1.
2.
3.
4.
Kindness
Cleverness
Dishonesty
Beauty
The story of Laertes’ shroud
reveals Penelope’s
1.
2.
3.
4.
Kindness
Cleverness
Dishonesty
Beauty
During the course of his wanderings,
Odysseus struggles against
1. Supernatural enemies, human
enemies, and natural forces
2. Monsters, relatives, and natural
forces
3. His own fear, cowardice, and
despair
4. His own greed, fear, and arrogance
During the course of his wanderings,
Odysseus struggles against
1. Supernatural enemies, human
enemies, and natural forces
2. Monsters, relatives, and natural
forces
3. His own fear, cowardice, and
despair
4. His own greed, fear, and arrogance
The suitors are guilty of abusing
two Greek values: hospitality and
1.
2.
3.
4.
Loyalty to one’s homeland
Love of family
Love of learning
Courtesy to strangers
The suitors are guilty of abusing
two Greek values: hospitality and
1.
2.
3.
4.
Loyalty to one’s homeland
Love of family
Love of learning
Courtesy to strangers
Odysseus may be characterized as
1. A very clever or resourceful leader
2. Needing to develop more
sympathy for his men
3. A courageous and cunning leader
4. A flawless leader who never
makes a mistake
Odysseus may be characterized as
1. A very clever or resourceful leader
2. Needing to develop more
sympathy for his men
3. A courageous and cunning leader
4. A flawless leader who never
makes a mistake
Finally…THE END!!!
Good Luck!
I know you all are going to do
very well!!!
Ms. M
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