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Odysseus and the Cyclops

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    ReadingGate book "Odysseus and the Cyclops". Covers thing discussed in class as well as what's in the book.
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  • What is the title of the book?
    Odysseus And The Cyclops
    odysseus and the cyclops
    Odysseus and the Cyclops
    Odysseus and the cyclops
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  • Who is the author of the ReadingGate book?
    Brit Annica
    Odysseus P. Smith
    We don't know because the book doesn't say.
    Joseph Cyclops
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  • Who wrote the original book, "the Odyssey"?
    Homer
    Marge
    Lisa
    Bart
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  • What war did Odysseus and his men just finish fighting?
    the Trojan War
    the Greek War
    the Great War
    the Horse War
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  • Odysseus was king of which city-state in Greece?
    Sparta
    Ithaca
    Athens
    Crete
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  • Odysseus was known as the ___________ of all the Greeks.
    biggest
    angriest
    strongest
    wisest
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  • How long was the trip from Ithaca to Troy before the war?
    20 years.
    10 years.
    One year.
    A few weeks.
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  • Why did King Agamemnon ask the Greeks to help him fight a war against Troy?
    They killed his daughter, Helen.
    They insulted his mother, Helen.
    They gave him a giant horse named Helen.
    They kidnapped his wife, Helen.
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  • How did the Greeks finally defeat the Trojans?
    They made a wooden cow as a gift, and poisoned the milk.
    They made a wooden crow and flew over the walls.
    The made a wooden horse and used it to break the walls.
    They made a wooden horse as a gift, but hid soldiers inside.
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  • What animal's skull do historians think the cyclops myth is based on?
    A hippo's skull
    An elephant's skull
    A lion's skull
    A giraffe's skull
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  • What is the cyclops's name?
    Nobody
    Telemachus
    Poseidon
    Polyphemus
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  • Who is the cyclops's father?
    Nobody
    Odysseus
    Zeus
    Poseidon
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  • Why don't the cyclops's brothers help him?
    They are all deaf and can't hear.
    He said "Nobody is hurting me!"
    He told them not to help him.
    Odysseus had already killed all of them.
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  • Why didn't Odysseus kill the cyclops while he was sleeping?
    Only the cyclops was strong enough to move the rock door.
    Odysseus wanted to have a fair fight.
    The cave was so dark, they couldn't see anything at night.
    Odysseus felt bad for the Cyclops.
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  • What kind of tree did Odysseus and his men use to make a spear?
    a cherry blossom tree
    an elm tree
    an olive tree
    an oak tree
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  • How did Odysseus and his men escape the cave?
    They rode on the cyclops's sheep.
    They hid under the cyclops's sheep.
    They pretended to be the cyclops's sheep.
    They used magic to turn into sheep.
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