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Grade 11 Odyssey
What are the names of Odysseus' son and wife?
  1. Nestor and Penelope
  2. Telemachus and Athena
  3. Telemachus and Penelope
  4. Nestor and Athena
Grade 9 Odyssey
Who is Odysseus's faithful wife?
  1. Calypso
  2. Helen
  3. Penelope
  4. Circe
Grade 9 Odyssey
Why does Poseidon despise, or hate, Odysseus?
  1. because Poseidon wants to marry Calypso
  2. because Posdeidon wants to be with the Cyclops
  3. because Odysseus wants to marry Calypso
  4. because Odysseus blinded the Cyclops
Grade 9 Odyssey
Who is Odysseus's son?
  1. Polyphemus
  2. Telemachus
  3. Hermes
  4. none of the above
Grade 9 Odyssey
How long did the Trojan War last?
  1. twenty years
  2. fifteen years
  3. thirty years
  4. ten years
Grade 12 Odyssey
Where is the scar on Odysseus's body?
  1. On his arm
  2. On his forehead
  3. On his foot
  4. On his knee
Grade 12 Odyssey
What does Penelope take out of the closet?
  1. Her mother's vase
  2. Odysseus's bow
  3. Her robe
  4. Odysseus's shoes
Grade 9 Odyssey
Why did Hermes travel to Calypso's island?
  1. to tell Calypso to keep Odysseus trapped
  2. to tell Calypso to free Odysseus
  3. to tell Calypso to trick Odysseus
Grade 9 Odyssey
What is a muse?
  1. A daughter of Zeus, a singer who helps tell an epic hero's story
  2. A goddess who protects Odysseus on his journey
  3. A witch who holds Odysseus captive on an island
  4. none of the above.
Grade 9 Odyssey
How did Odysseus and his army get into the city walls of Troy?
  1. They hid inside a big wooden horse
  2. parachuted in from an airplane
  3. dug a tunnel into the city
  4. none of the above
Grade 12 Odyssey
What is Penelope's reaction when she reaches for the bow?
  1. She starts laughing.
  2. She cries tears of happiness.
  3. She cries tears of sorrow.
  4. She realizes it needs cleaned.
Grade 12 Odyssey
How do the suitors treat the beggars?
  1. They give him food.
  2. They shun him and beat him.
  3. They ignore him.
  4. They take him some fresh clothing.
Grade 9 Odyssey
Who keeps Odysseus from returning to Ithaca?
  1. Hermes
  2. Zeus
  3. Poseidon
  4. Athena
Grade 10 Odyssey
Odysseus was a hero in the Trojan war.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Odyssey
Who is the only member of his household to recognize Odysseus in the disguise of a beggar?
  1. Eumaeus, the swineherd
  2. Penelope
  3. Eurynome, the housekeeper
  4. Argus, the dog
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