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Correct answers
What happens to Odysseus and his men after they eat the sun god's cattle? - ✔✔Zeus is mad; he
strikes their ship with a lightning bolt and all die except Odysseus.
Describe the challenge Penelope created to choose a suitor: - ✔✔string Odysseus's bow and shoot
an arrow through 12 ax heads
How long was Odysseus gone TOTAL from home? - ✔✔20 years! (10 years at war, 10 years getting
home)
How many suitors did Odysseus and Telemachus have to kill? - ✔✔Over 100 !!
Polyphemus' dad - ✔✔Poseidon
What do Polyphemus' neighbors (the other Cyclops) think when he screams? - ✔✔they think
that "nobody" has hurt him, so he is fine
What does Aeolus give to Odysseus? - ✔✔a bag of winds
This is where Odysseus and his men go after they get thrown off track from the bag of winds -
✔✔they go back to get help from Aeolus, but get rejected, so the then go to the Land of
the Laestrygonians
, Which god hates Odysseus? - ✔✔Poseidon because he blinded Polyphemus.
Which god helps out Odysseus? - ✔✔Athena
Why does Homer refer to the Muse in the first line? What is this called? - ✔✔To
inspire his storytelling. This is the INVOCATION.
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the BEGINNING of the "Cyclops" episode? - ✔✔curiosity
What virtue does Polyphemus NOT exhibit to his guests? - ✔✔hospitality
Odysseus' major epic hero trait during the Cyclops episode is - ✔✔intelligence
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the END of the Cyclops episode? - ✔✔excessive
pride/arrogance (taunting the Cyclops and telling him his real name)
How and why does Athena disguise Odysseus? - ✔✔Athena disguises him as an old, homeless man
so he can surprise the suitors at his house.
Who are the two "leaders" of the suitors? - ✔✔Antinous and Eurymachus
Which suitor does Odysseus kill first and how? - ✔✔Odysseus kills Antinous first with an
arrow through the neck.
What does Eurymachus say to save his life? - ✔✔Eurymachus pins all the blame on Antinous,
pleads everyone else's freedom, and promises to repay what they took.
Correct answers
What happens to Odysseus and his men after they eat the sun god's cattle? - ✔✔Zeus is mad; he
strikes their ship with a lightning bolt and all die except Odysseus.
Describe the challenge Penelope created to choose a suitor: - ✔✔string Odysseus's bow and shoot
an arrow through 12 ax heads
How long was Odysseus gone TOTAL from home? - ✔✔20 years! (10 years at war, 10 years getting
home)
How many suitors did Odysseus and Telemachus have to kill? - ✔✔Over 100 !!
Polyphemus' dad - ✔✔Poseidon
What do Polyphemus' neighbors (the other Cyclops) think when he screams? - ✔✔they think
that "nobody" has hurt him, so he is fine
What does Aeolus give to Odysseus? - ✔✔a bag of winds
This is where Odysseus and his men go after they get thrown off track from the bag of winds -
✔✔they go back to get help from Aeolus, but get rejected, so the then go to the Land of
the Laestrygonians
, Which god hates Odysseus? - ✔✔Poseidon because he blinded Polyphemus.
Which god helps out Odysseus? - ✔✔Athena
Why does Homer refer to the Muse in the first line? What is this called? - ✔✔To
inspire his storytelling. This is the INVOCATION.
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the BEGINNING of the "Cyclops" episode? - ✔✔curiosity
What virtue does Polyphemus NOT exhibit to his guests? - ✔✔hospitality
Odysseus' major epic hero trait during the Cyclops episode is - ✔✔intelligence
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the END of the Cyclops episode? - ✔✔excessive
pride/arrogance (taunting the Cyclops and telling him his real name)
How and why does Athena disguise Odysseus? - ✔✔Athena disguises him as an old, homeless man
so he can surprise the suitors at his house.
Who are the two "leaders" of the suitors? - ✔✔Antinous and Eurymachus
Which suitor does Odysseus kill first and how? - ✔✔Odysseus kills Antinous first with an
arrow through the neck.
What does Eurymachus say to save his life? - ✔✔Eurymachus pins all the blame on Antinous,
pleads everyone else's freedom, and promises to repay what they took.
