Question

Has anyone read the odyssey?

Answer 1

yes like in 7th grade

Answer 2

Do you remember the story of the cyclops?

Answer 3

.... I remember a cyclops =)

Answer 4

i read the wishbone version of it :)

Answer 5

Lol cause i have to answer questions for it but we never read it :/ and i need help

Answer 6

ask maybe sumbody will know bout it!

Answer 7

Yeah I will, thanks :P

Answer 8

Just read it a week ago

Answer 9

At least read that chapter then. You might just enjoy it.

Answer 10

What are some of the questions?

Answer 11

i tried reading the original one and got confused immeadiatly! so ya...i dunt blame him

Answer 12

it's actually very readable, especially with a good modern translation like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe-ebook/dp/B000OCXGRS/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321916520&sr=1-3

Answer 13

haha..penguin classics

Answer 14

Some of the questions are:
1.Why are the sheep, along with the Cyclops, in great pain (although for different reasons) that morning?


They feel what the giant feels.

He can't let them out of the cave.

It is time for them to be milked.

Odysseus's men blinded them all.

2.Who is the speaker of this poem?


we do not know.

Odysseus (Ulysses)

an old sailor

Homer (the author)

3.To what does the "unsightly blemish" (line 674) refer?
Answer

the race of Cyclopes

the crew who gets eaten alive

the blinded giant's eye

the destroyed ship

4.When Odysseus brags at the end of the poem that he is the one who defeated the Cyclops, it shows his quality of:

anger

respect

pride

faith

5.In what way does Odysseus, along with his men, almost end up back on the island after their escape?

Giants catch them in the water.

The blinded giant throws a huge rock.

A crew member falls overboard.

An earthquake causes a tidal wave.

Answer 15

waiit..so we jus answer the questions?

Answer 16

Yeah they are multiple choice, you dont have to if u dont want to lol

Answer 17

Someone was asking what the question were so I put some of them up