Question

WHo has read "The Oddessey"

Answer 1

I have.

Answer 2

I have soem questions that i need to answer, i read the book but its too complicated for me

Answer 3

The Odyssey Question MC #1
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Odysseus’s encounter with the Cicones after the Greeks leave Troy indicates that the Greeks—
A) seem to be victims everywhere they go
B) obey every command Odysseus gives them
C) are basically a peace-loving group of traders
D) are violent warriors and plunderers
2.
The Odyssey Question MC #2
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Why did Odysseus warn his men not to eat the lotus plant?
A) The plant would make the men fall ill and die.
B) The men would then easily be captured by the Lotus Eaters.
C) The drugged men would fall into the sea and drown.
D) The plant would make the men forget their homeland.
3.
The Odyssey Question MC #3
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Why are the Sirens a danger to passing sailors?
A) The sweet songs of the Sirens lure men to their deaths.
B) Men fall in love with the Sirens and quarrel among themselves.
C) The Sirens’ beauty makes men forget their desire to go home.
D) The Sirens sing so loudly that they destroy men’s hearing.
4.
The Odyssey Question MC #4
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Why does Odysseus explain that “in my heart I never gave consent” during the long time he spent with Calypso and Circe?
A) He is angry with Calypso and Circe and wants to hurt them.
B) He intends to show that he remained faithful to Penelope.
C) He wants to apologize to Penelope for not hurrying home.
D) He wants to fool the gods and hide his true intentions.
5.
The Odyssey Question MC #5
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

What does Helios mean by his threat to “go down forever / to light the dead men in the underworld”?
A) That he will kill Odysseus’s men and send them to the underworld
B) That he will stop the sun from shining on the world and then all will be dark
C) That he will make the underworld hotter by sending the sun there
D) That he will leave Odysseus to find his way without assistance from the gods
6.
The Odyssey Question MC #6
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Calypso allows Odysseus to leave her island because—
A) she understands his grief and cannot bear to see him suffer
B) Penelope is growing old and needs his assistance
C) Hermes thinks that Odysseus has spent enough time in exile
D) Hermes has told her that Zeus has ordered it
7.
The Odyssey Question MC #7
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Odysseus does not warn his crew about Scylla because he thinks they would—
A) panic and endanger the entire ship
B) not believe what he says
C) insist on sailing closer to Charybdis
D) accuse him of being a coward
8.
The Odyssey Question MC #8
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Why is Teiresias considered knowledgeable about the future?
A) He is already dead and thus sees and knows all.
B) He comes from Thebes, a place where all are wise.
C) As a blind man, he is believed to have special insight.
D) He has been enchanted and given special powers by Circe.
9.
The Odyssey Question MC #9
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

In epic poetry, the poet often begins by asking for assistance in telling the story. This convention is known as a/an—
A) Homeric simile
B) quest structure
C) exposition
D) invocation
10.
The Odyssey Question MC #10
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

A characteristic of nearly all myths is that they—
A) tell stories about monster-slaying heroes
B) contain religious overtones
C) are based on actual events from history
D) relate the adventures of Greek gods and goddesses
11.
The Odyssey Question MC #11
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

Like all epic heroes, Odysseus—
A) had to battle a one-eyed monster named Polyphemus
B) remained true to his wife throughout his adventures
C) had a fatal character flaw that kept him from achieving his goal
D) faced many conflicts in the course of a quest or journey
12.
The Odyssey Question MC #12
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

Which statement by Polyphemus provides an example of foreshadowing?
A) “Come back, Odysseus, and I’ll treat you well.”
B) “Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me. Nohbdy’s ruined me!”
C) “Let him lose all companions, and return / …to bitter days at home.”
D) “We Cyclopes / care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus…”
13.
The Odyssey Question MC #13
READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Which of the following is the best paraphrase of Circe’s description of Scylla?
A) Scylla is a beast with twelve legs that hides in a seaside den.
B) Scylla is a six-headed monster that grabs and eats men from passing ships.
C) Scylla is a fearsome beast that lives in a den and barks like a puppy.
D) Scylla is a sea serpent that feeds her six mouths by grabbing dolphins and men.
14.
The Odyssey Question MC #14
READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Which question would be most useful in evaluating Odysseus’s strategy for escaping from Polyphemus?
A) How many of the Greeks did Polyphemus catch and devour?
B) Why did Polyphemus leave the cave, giving the men time to make a weapon?
C) Why did Odysseus decide to blind Polyphemus rather than kill him?
D) Where did Odysseus get the wine he gave so liberally to Polyphemus?
15.
The Odyssey Question MC #15
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, Telemachus mistakes Odysseus for a—
A) Trojan
B) god
C) suitor of Penelope
D) ghost
16.
The Odyssey Question MC #16
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

The old hound Argos knows that Odysseus has returned because the dog—
A) recognizes Odysseus’s face
B) picks up the scent of his master
C) recognizes Odysseus’s voice
D) dies just as Odysseus appears
17.
The Odyssey Question MC #17
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Why did Odysseus reveal himself to the swineherd and the cowherd?
A) They professed loyalty to Odysseus before they knew who he was.
B) He wanted to buy their loyalty by offering them wives, cattle, and houses.
C) They had spoken out strongly against the suitors’ unseemly actions.
D) He thought they would go tell others and bring an army to help him.
18.
The Odyssey Question MC #18
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

What did Odysseus mean when he said in the banquet hall that he would hit “a target no man has hit before”?
A) He would fire an arrow thorough twelve iron ax-helve sockets.
B) He would knock the drinking cup out of a suitor’s hands.
C) He would kill Antinous with a well-aimed arrow.
D) He would split a thunderbolt thrown down by Zeus.
19.
The Odyssey Question MC #19
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

When did Penelope feel sure that Odysseus was indeed her long-lost husband?
A) When the dog Argos recognized his voice
B) When she saw the long scar on his leg
C) When he described how he had built their bed
D) When he was able to bend and string his hunting bow
20.
The Odyssey Question MC #20
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

An important theme in the Odyssey is the—
A) importance of being truthful
B) search for peace among nations
C) relationship between humans and gods
D) navigational techniques of the Greeks
21.
The Odyssey Question MC #21
VOCABULARY SKILL Circle the letter of the best answer, based on your understanding of words from myths.

Someone who goes on an odyssey—
A) goes off to fight in a war
B) travels to a mythical land
C) takes a long, wandering journey
D) returns home from a trip abroad
22.
The Odyssey Question MC #22
VOCABULARY SKILL Circle the letter of the best answer, based on your understanding of words from myths.

Someone who hears a siren call will—
A) find the call hard to resist
B) wince at the call’s loud noise
C) be on the watch for danger
D) fall in the sea and drown
23.
The Odyssey Question MC #23
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

When Eumaeus calls Telemachus “light of my days,” he is using a/an—
A) epic simile
B) epithet
C) invocation
D) aside
24.
The Odyssey Question MC #24
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

Odysseus exhibits the traits of an epic hero by—
A) stringing the bow
B) shedding a tear over his old dog
C) sparing Antinous’s life
D) chiding Penelope for keeping aloof
25.
The Odyssey Question MC #25
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

Which of the following events is an example of dramatic irony?
A) Athena provides Odysseus with new clothes and a younger appearance.
B) Telemachus returns to Ithaca without being harmed.
C) Eumaeus is sent to tell Penelope about Telemachus’s safe return.
D) Telemachus does not recognize that the stranger is his father.
26.
The Odyssey Question MC #26
LITERARY FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer.

What technique is Homer using when he says that the suitors “stampeded like stung cattle by a river when the dread shimmering gadfly strikes”?
A) Dramatic irony
B) Homeric epithet
C) Foreshadowing
D) Epic simile
27.
The Odyssey Question MC #27
READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

When you paraphrase a text, you—
A) analyze its meaning
B) put it into your own words
C) restate it in dialogue form
D) evaluate its truthfulness
28.
The Odyssey Question MC #28
READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

Which accurately summarizes the passage in which Odysseus and his son first meet?
A) Telemachus welcomes Odysseus to the palace, not realizing who he is.
B) Hiding under a pile of fleeces, Odysseus sees the swineherd greet Telemachus.
C) The swineherd greets Telemachus warily, then introduces Odysseus.
D) The swineherd welcomes Telemachus, who doesn’t recognize Odysseus.

Answer 4

You don't have to answer all of them

Answer 5

Give me a minute to answer them.

Answer 6

ok THX alot

Answer 7

Do you to connections academy??

Answer 8

uhhh whats that?

Answer 9

no i dont

Answer 10

Okay, never mind but are at least 13 of the questions.

Answer 11

1. a
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. d
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. ?
10. a
11. d
12. ?
13. b

Answer 12

ok thanks

Answer 13

I'll get the other 15 for you.

Answer 14

ok

Answer 15

Which character (other than Odysseus) in Part Two of the Odyssey do you think is the most heroic? On a separate sheet of paper, explain the reasons for your choice. Support your ideas with at least two details from the selection.

Answer 16

14. c
15. ?
16. c
17. ?
18. a
19. d
20. ?
21. c
22. a
23. ?
That's as far as I got.

Answer 17

thx alot

Answer 18

Your welcome