The Odyssey : viewing questions

1. Odysseus was the son of ________________.

2. Odysseus went to ________ to fight with the Greeks.

3. Odysseus could not return home because _________.

4. Odysseus home was in ________________.

5. The Trojans were defeated because of Odysseus’ _________________.

6. Members of Odysseus crew who ate the Lotus flower

_________________.

7. The Cyclops did not work but were known as ______________.

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8. Odysseus accomplished the escape of his men from the Cyclops’ cave by ___________________.

9. The other Cyclops did not help Polyphemus when he called for help because they _______________________.

10. Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag with the unfavorable winds to help him get home but_________________.

11. ______________ changed Odysseus men into swine.

12. Odysseus stayed with the nymph in question #11

for ___________.

13. To save his men from the Sirens, Odysseus _________________________.

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14. Sirens would lure sailors to their deaths by ____________________.

15. Odysseus escaped from Scylla and Charybdis by _____________________.

16. Dawn with fingertips of rose is a metaphor for _________________________.

17. Helios, lord of noon, is an example for _____________________.

18. Tiresias, a blind prophet in the Land of the Dead, warned Odysseus that his men should not ______________________.

19. In the Land of the Sun God, Odysseus’ men began to starve so Odysseus went inland to ____________________.

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20. Because of what Odysseus men did to the Sun God’s cattle, Zeus was so angry he___________________.

21. Odysseus drifted for 9 days and came ashore on Ogygia Isle, home of Calypso. She fell in love with him and kept him there for ____________.

22. Odysseus was away from home for _____________ years.

23. The ____________________ helped Odysseus get home.

24. Odysseus did not reveal his true identity to ________________.

25. Athena warned that Penelope’s suitors plotted to kill _____________________.

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26. Telemachus had gone to Sparta because he _______________.

27. When Odysseus saw his dog, he _______________.

28. Penelope put off her suitors for three years by promising to marry one when __________________.

29. The one who recognized the scar on the beggar’s leg and knew him to be Odysseus was ______________.

30. Penelope promised to marry the suitor who could ___________________.

31. All of the suitors tried to string the bow, and success was achieved by ____________________.

32. The first suitor slain was ___________________.

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33. Odysseus fought the battle against the suitors with the help of _________________________.

34. Eurymachus advised the suitors to ______________________________.

35. Penelope believed that the man dressed as a beggar was her husband only when he _________________.

36. Who informed Penelope that Odysseus had returned and had disposed of the suitors?________________.

37. Odysseus changed from a tired-looking old beggar to a clean, handsome warrior with the help of _________________.

38. When Penelope met Odysseus face to face and did not display any joy or excitement, Telemachus _________________________.

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39. A man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air: so these were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff is an example of _________________.

40. Odysseus was an epic hero, meaning a hero that ___________________________________.

41. The triumph of good over evil, loyalty, devotion and fortitude is an example of _________________.