9M 25/11/22 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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If you know you are about to encounter Sirens, you should...

Eat a lotus

Plug your ears

Drink one of Circe's potions

Steal the cows of Helios

All of the following can be said about ancient epics EXCEPT:

They were first introduced by the Romans.

They often involve war, journeys, and adventures.

They were often told orally before being written down.

They were often written in the form of poetry.

Kim Laskey's "The Bed That Is A Tree" is told from the perspective of ...

Penelope

Correct or incorrect? Fix it if needed: Sarah always knew that she would become a composer one day, John didn't know what to do with his life.

Incorrect. E.g.: Sarah always knew that she would be a composer one day, but John didn't know what to do with his life.

True or false (according to Homer): The Trojans won the Trojan War.

False

The Sirens were________

Friends with Penelope

Beautiful and safe

Bad singers

Magical and dangerous

The narrators of the "Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" have this in common:

They both kill someone.

They both narrate their stories in the third person.

They are both women.

They are both unreliable narrators.

The sentence that tells the main point of your essay is the __________.

thesis statement

Odysseus' son was named ___________.

Telemachus

Which best describes Odysseus?

Faithful, weak, forgiving

Lazy, unintelligent, brave

Evil, faithless, cruel

Smart, clever, willing to make hard choices

Penelope tested Odysseus by talking about ________ their bed.

moving

Odysseus' wife was named_______.

Penelope

You should make sure that you don't bother the ________ of Helios unless you want terrible things to happen..

sons

dogs

cattle

pigs

True or false: It is safe to be around Odysseus if you are one of Penelope's suitors.

False

Polyphemus had only one __________.

eye

Is this sentence grammatically correct or incorrect? Whenever I smell fish, I plug my nose.

Correct

True or false: In the Iliad and Odyssey, the Greek gods are kind and just with a coordinated plan for the the betterment of humanity.

False.

Spice up this sentence with sensory details (show, don't tell): I felt anxious about the test.

Answers will vary.

Which genre have we NOT read in class yet?

adventure

horror

science fiction

romance

"Between a rock and a hard place" or "Between Scylla and __________"

Charybdis

What is the raven's catchphrase in Poe's "The Raven"?

Nevermore