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Where does "The Odyssey" open?
Mount Olympus
Who is Odysseus's son?
Telemachus
Who is Penelope?
Odysseus's wife
Why does Telemachus call an assembly in Book 2: Counsel?
To get help getting rid of the suitors
How has Penelope been tricking the suitors?
She has been weaving a death shroud and picking it apart
What does Telemachus decide to do at the end of Book 2: Counsel?
Sail to Pylos and Sparta for news of his father
How did Menelaus and his men trap the Old Man of the Sea in Book 4: Sparta?
They grab him and hold him tight as he changes forms
What does the Old Man of the Sea say happened to Agamemnon?
He was ambushed and killed by his wife and her lover when he returned from war
What do the men of Ithaca (the suitors) decide to do when they find out Telemachus has left the island?
They decided to sink Telemachus's ship and kill him
How does Odysseus get of the island of Ogygia in Book 5: Ogygia?
He makes a raft and sails away
Which god is angry that Odysseus has left Ogygia and tries to drown him?
Poseidon
Who greets Odysseus on the road to the Phaecian palace and shows him the way?
Athena disguised as a little girl
What does Odysseus say his name is when the Cyclops asks him?
Nobody
How do Odysseus and his men escape from Polyphemus, the cyclops?
They hide under rams
What gift does Aeolus give to Odysseus?
A bag of wind
What does the witch, Circe, do to Odysseus's men?
She uses magic to turn them into pigs
