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  • The ruler of all the Gods in Olympus
    Zeus
  • People who feed Odysseus' men a plant that makes them forget about home.
    Lotus Eaters
  • Which of the following elements helped the rhapsodes remember and recite the poem?
    Memorized passages, or “set pieces”
  • The story shows Odysseus' return __________ years after leaving home for war.
    20
  • The suitors ________________ the "beggar" while he tries to string the bow.
    mock
  • Beautiful nymph-goddess who keeps Odysseus for her pleasure for seven years
    Calypso
  • What is Odysseus’ weaknesses?
    a. hubris, or pride
  • T/F Odysseus’ men escape from the Cyclops disguised as lions.
    False
  • Turned some of Odysseus' men into swine.(
    Circe
  • T/F Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar when he reaches Ithaca
    True
  • T/F Odysseus wishes to stay with Calypso but is forced to leave.
    False
  • . 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.
  • Which of the following themes unites both "Iliad" and "Odyssey"?
    Characters’ hubris in thinking themselves superior to the gods
  • One-eye Cyclops who ate Odysseus' men.
    Polyphemus
  • T/F The cyclops cries when Odysseus reveals his name since a wizard had foretold this would happen.
    True
  • T/F Odysseus commands Polyphemus, to tell anyone who asks that it was Odysseus the one who blinded him
    True
  • Name of the hero in the Odyssey
    Odysseus
  • T/F Odysseus makes it back to Ithaca.
    True
  • The war lasted _____________________ years.
    10
  • T/F Odysseus hears the sirens song and is fed to the fish.
    False
  • What is xenia?
    A code of hospitality
  • The ___________________ are not faithful to the house of Odysseus.
    maids
  • Which god has hindered Odysseus’ journey home?
    Poseidon
  • Odysseus helped end the Trojan War by coming up with the idea of the
    Trojan horse
  • The ___________________ had taken over Odysseus house and trying to marry Penelope.
    suitors
  • The God of the seas who delayed Odysseus with fierce storms.
    Poseidon
  • When did the Greek alphabet first appear?
    8th century BCE
  • T/F Odysseus is the only one who has ever strung his bow.
    True
  • T/F Polyphemus is the name of the cyclops that imprisons Odysseus and his men
    True
  • The bed is built around a(n) _________________________.
    olive tree
  • Odysseus is from (and is, therefore, trying to return to) ___________.
    Ithaca
  • T/F Odysseus’ plan for the suitors is to kill them
    True
  • T/F What is a long, narrative poems about the adventures of a national hero?
    an epic poem
  • T/F The Cyclops were farmers, as the poem reads, “they neither plough nor sow by hand.”
    False
  • The aged father of Odysseus.
    Laertes
  • Penelope decides to hold a ________________________ to figure out who she will marry.
    contest
  • One-eyed giants who are shepherds.
    Cyclops
  • Who was the blind poet who wrote The Odyssey?
    Homer
  • What was Telemachus job before the competition?
    remove the weapons
  • Messenger of the Gods
    Hermes
  • T/F It is difficult to string Odysseus' bow.
    True
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