Odyssey Final Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest 2025
Why do noblemen take up residence at Ithaca? - Answers They want to marry Penelope because they
think Odysseus is dead.
What trick does Penelope play on the suitors? - Answers She tells them that she will pick as soon as she
finishes weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus' father, Laertes.
How do the suitors find out about the trick? - Answers They realize that each day she never makes any
progress weaving. Plus, they have Odysseus' handmaids as spies.
How does Athena appears to Telemachus? - Answers An old sailor, Odysseus' friend Mentor, and herself
(a woman warrior).
Who is Proteus and what role does he play? - Answers He is the old man at the sea that can take on
many shapes. He is the one who told King Menelaus how to return to Sparta after he wrestled him.
Who is Odysseus' son and how old is he? - Answers Telemachus and roughly 20 years old.
Who does Telemachus visit and why? - Answers Nestor of Pylos and Menelaus of Sparta because he
wants to find out where Odysseus is.
What does Telemachus learn on his journey? - Answers Odysseus is still alive.
What happened to Agamemnon when he returned to Sparta? - Answers He was killed by his wife's lover.
What does Calypso offer Odysseus if he remains her lover? - Answers Eternal life
Which god hates Odysseus and why? - Answers Poseidon because he blinded his son, Polyphemus.
In the court with King Alcinous, what makes Odysseus weep? - Answers The music from the blinded bard
because the song is about the War at Troy.
What do the Phaecians have? - Answers They have magical ships
Who does Zeus send to rescue Odysseus from Calypso? - Answers Hermes
How long did Odysseus stay with Calypso? - Answers 7 years
Why is Calypso angry with Zeus? - Answers He is granting Odysseus permission to leave Calypso.
What effect did eating the lotus fruit have on Odysseus' men? - Answers It made them lose desire for
everything EXCEPT eating more lotus fruit.
Why do none of the other Cyclops who live on the island come to help Polyphemus? - Answers Odysseus
told him that his name was "Nobody" and when Polyphemus cried for help, he said "Nobody is hurting
me".
Why do noblemen take up residence at Ithaca? - Answers They want to marry Penelope because they
think Odysseus is dead.
What trick does Penelope play on the suitors? - Answers She tells them that she will pick as soon as she
finishes weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus' father, Laertes.
How do the suitors find out about the trick? - Answers They realize that each day she never makes any
progress weaving. Plus, they have Odysseus' handmaids as spies.
How does Athena appears to Telemachus? - Answers An old sailor, Odysseus' friend Mentor, and herself
(a woman warrior).
Who is Proteus and what role does he play? - Answers He is the old man at the sea that can take on
many shapes. He is the one who told King Menelaus how to return to Sparta after he wrestled him.
Who is Odysseus' son and how old is he? - Answers Telemachus and roughly 20 years old.
Who does Telemachus visit and why? - Answers Nestor of Pylos and Menelaus of Sparta because he
wants to find out where Odysseus is.
What does Telemachus learn on his journey? - Answers Odysseus is still alive.
What happened to Agamemnon when he returned to Sparta? - Answers He was killed by his wife's lover.
What does Calypso offer Odysseus if he remains her lover? - Answers Eternal life
Which god hates Odysseus and why? - Answers Poseidon because he blinded his son, Polyphemus.
In the court with King Alcinous, what makes Odysseus weep? - Answers The music from the blinded bard
because the song is about the War at Troy.
What do the Phaecians have? - Answers They have magical ships
Who does Zeus send to rescue Odysseus from Calypso? - Answers Hermes
How long did Odysseus stay with Calypso? - Answers 7 years
Why is Calypso angry with Zeus? - Answers He is granting Odysseus permission to leave Calypso.
What effect did eating the lotus fruit have on Odysseus' men? - Answers It made them lose desire for
everything EXCEPT eating more lotus fruit.
Why do none of the other Cyclops who live on the island come to help Polyphemus? - Answers Odysseus
told him that his name was "Nobody" and when Polyphemus cried for help, he said "Nobody is hurting
me".
