THE ODYSSEY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - ✔✔Tiresias
✔✔Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - ✔✔Sirens
✔✔Herald and messenger of the gods who gives Odysseus a magic herb to help him
against Circe - ✔✔Hermes
✔✔Leader of the suitors - ✔✔Antinous
✔✔Odysseus' wife - ✔✔Penelope
✔✔Odysseus' fatal flaw is - ✔✔Arrogance, Extreme Pride
✔✔Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
✔✔Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus where he lays? - ✔✔The Cyclops is the
only one strong enough to move the stone that is the barrier to exit the cave
✔✔What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus? - ✔✔Nobody
✔✔What does Odysseus shove into Polyphemus' eye? - ✔✔A wooden spear that has
been heated
✔✔How does Odysseus get his men out of the Cyclops' cave? - ✔✔They hide under
the sheep
✔✔What creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing on? -
✔✔Laestrygonians
✔✔Who is the captain of the winds? - ✔✔Aeolus
✔✔What does Odysseus order his men to do when they reach the island of the sun
god? - ✔✔He orders them to NOT eat the cattle no matter how tempting it may be
✔✔Who was the man that persuaded Odysseus' men to eat the cattle? - ✔✔Eurylochus
✔✔Why does Odysseus not stop his men from eating the cattle of the sun god? - ✔✔He
is asleep
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - ✔✔Tiresias
✔✔Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - ✔✔Sirens
✔✔Herald and messenger of the gods who gives Odysseus a magic herb to help him
against Circe - ✔✔Hermes
✔✔Leader of the suitors - ✔✔Antinous
✔✔Odysseus' wife - ✔✔Penelope
✔✔Odysseus' fatal flaw is - ✔✔Arrogance, Extreme Pride
✔✔Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
✔✔Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus where he lays? - ✔✔The Cyclops is the
only one strong enough to move the stone that is the barrier to exit the cave
✔✔What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus? - ✔✔Nobody
✔✔What does Odysseus shove into Polyphemus' eye? - ✔✔A wooden spear that has
been heated
✔✔How does Odysseus get his men out of the Cyclops' cave? - ✔✔They hide under
the sheep
✔✔What creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing on? -
✔✔Laestrygonians
✔✔Who is the captain of the winds? - ✔✔Aeolus
✔✔What does Odysseus order his men to do when they reach the island of the sun
god? - ✔✔He orders them to NOT eat the cattle no matter how tempting it may be
✔✔Who was the man that persuaded Odysseus' men to eat the cattle? - ✔✔Eurylochus
✔✔Why does Odysseus not stop his men from eating the cattle of the sun god? - ✔✔He
is asleep
