HONORS ENGLISH 9 ODYSSEY UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS EXAM SCRIPT
◉ How long did it take Odysseus to get home?
Answer: 10 years.
◉ What is the name of Odysseus' father?
Answer: Laertes.
◉ What is the name of Odysseus' hometown?
Answer: Ithaca.
◉ What did Odysseus and his crew do upon arriving at the island
of the Cicones?
Answer: They pillaged the city.
◉ What did the Lotus plant do to the eater?
Answer: It caused them to lose all longing for home.
◉ What does Odysseus describe the Cyclopes as?
Answer: Big and dumb.
, ◉ What specifically stopped Odysseus and his men from leaving
the cave of the Cyclops?
Answer: A large slab covering the entrance to the cave, and too
heavy to be moved by even all of the men in the cave.
◉ How many men were killed by the Cyclops?
Answer: Six, on three different occasions. First, when they were
discovered, the cyclops ate two men. Second, when he left the
cave, he ate two men once again. Finally, the night that Odysseus
and his crew blinded the cyclops, he ate two more men.
◉ What was the name of the Cyclops who's cave Odysseus and his
crew get trapped in?
Answer: Polyphemus.
◉ What stopped Odysseus from killing the Cyclops the first time?
Answer: He realized that by killing him, he would have no way
out, thanks to the massive slab.
◉ How did Odysseus injure the Cyclops?
Answer: He stabbed him in the eye with a stake.
◉ What did Odysseus do to lower the Cyclops' mental capacity?
Answer: He fed him wine.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS EXAM SCRIPT
◉ How long did it take Odysseus to get home?
Answer: 10 years.
◉ What is the name of Odysseus' father?
Answer: Laertes.
◉ What is the name of Odysseus' hometown?
Answer: Ithaca.
◉ What did Odysseus and his crew do upon arriving at the island
of the Cicones?
Answer: They pillaged the city.
◉ What did the Lotus plant do to the eater?
Answer: It caused them to lose all longing for home.
◉ What does Odysseus describe the Cyclopes as?
Answer: Big and dumb.
, ◉ What specifically stopped Odysseus and his men from leaving
the cave of the Cyclops?
Answer: A large slab covering the entrance to the cave, and too
heavy to be moved by even all of the men in the cave.
◉ How many men were killed by the Cyclops?
Answer: Six, on three different occasions. First, when they were
discovered, the cyclops ate two men. Second, when he left the
cave, he ate two men once again. Finally, the night that Odysseus
and his crew blinded the cyclops, he ate two more men.
◉ What was the name of the Cyclops who's cave Odysseus and his
crew get trapped in?
Answer: Polyphemus.
◉ What stopped Odysseus from killing the Cyclops the first time?
Answer: He realized that by killing him, he would have no way
out, thanks to the massive slab.
◉ How did Odysseus injure the Cyclops?
Answer: He stabbed him in the eye with a stake.
◉ What did Odysseus do to lower the Cyclops' mental capacity?
Answer: He fed him wine.
