The Odyssey Book 11 Exam with Questions and Answers
The Odyssey Book 11 Exam with Questions and Answers What favor does Elpenor ask of Odysseus? ANSWER Elpenor wants Odysseus to properly bury him. and remember him (he died when he fell off the roof) What ritual does Odysseus perform in order to meet those in the Underworld? ANSWER Makes offerings, gather shades of the dead to drink blood. He must perform Elpenor's rights. What does Tiresias do in order to speak to Odysseus? ANSWER He must, "stand back from the trench put up your sword so i can drink blood and tell you all the truth." Polyphemus' curse ANSWER You will come home LATE, ALONE, A BROKEN MAN, STRANGER'S SHIP, WORLD OF PAIN AT HOME What does Odysseus learn about his journey form Tiresias? ANSWER He will make it home, but he'll find trouble there (learns of suitors). He will make the suitors pay. He will die in peace at an old age. But first will have another journey to appease Poseidon. What does Odysseus learn from Anticleia? What does Odysseus. try to do? Why does he fail? ANSWER -wife hasn't remarried -Telemachus is good -dad is sleeping with servants -mom died of a broken heart
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