ODYSSEY Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A+

ODYSSEY Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A+ Who is the muse from which Homer is asking help? Muse of epic poetry What does Homer say destroyed Odysseus's men? "their own recklessness" What is Odysseus and his men's singular goal? to get back home Where is Odysseus from? Ithaca Odysseus says that men hold him "formidable for guile in peace and war." What does this mean? They fear him, not only in war times, but also in peaceful times. Odysseus says that even though he spent time with Circe and Calypso, it is okay because he... never gave consent in his heart. How many men does Odysseus say died at the battle at Cicones? "Six benches left empty on every ship." What did the Lotus Eaters offer to Odysseus's men? The Lotus Flower What does the "gift" from the Lotus Eaters do to the men? Makes them forget their goal- - distracted them. How did Odysseus get his men to leave the land of the Lotus Eaters? Drove them away and tied them down on the ship. How do we know the social/political order of the Cyclops? "Without a law to bless them," "indifferent to what the others do," and "no old tribal ways." "We saw a cavern/yawning above the water" is an example of what literary device? Personification The Cyclops is described as... a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. What literary term is used to describe the following line: "The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him"? Alliteration