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the odyssey

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When did the Greek alphabet first appear?

8th century BCE

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Which of the following elements helped the rhapsodes remember and recite the poem?

Memorized passages, or “set pieces”

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Which of the following themes unites both "Iliad" and "Odyssey"?

Characters’ hubris in thinking themselves superior to the gods

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What is xenia?

A code of hospitality

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Which god has hindered Odysseus’ journey home?

Poseidon

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What is Odysseus’ weaknesses?

a. hubris, or pride

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. How did the suitors bring dishonor to Odysseus home? (name 3 ways)

a. They drank his wine and ate his food, tried to kill his son and tried to seduce and marry his wife.

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Who was the blind poet who wrote The Odyssey?

Homer

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T/F What is a long, narrative poems about the adventures of a national hero?

an epic poem

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T/F Odysseus wishes to stay with Calypso but is forced to leave.

False

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T/F The Cyclops were farmers, as the poem reads, “they neither plough nor sow by hand.”

False

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T/F Odysseus commands Polyphemus, to tell anyone who asks that it was Odysseus the one who blinded him

True

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T/F The cyclops cries when Odysseus reveals his name since a wizard had foretold this would happen.

True

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T/F Polyphemus is the name of the cyclops that imprisons Odysseus and his men

True

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T/F Odysseus makes it back to Ithaca.

True

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T/F It is difficult to string Odysseus' bow.

True

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