Honors English 9 Odyssey Test UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
How long was Odysseus at war for? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10 years.
How long did it take Odysseus to get home? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10 years.
What is the name of Odysseus' father? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Laertes.
What is the name of Odysseus' hometown? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ithaca.
What did Odysseus and his crew do upon arriving at the island of the Cicones? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔They pillaged the city.
What did the Lotus plant do to the eater? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It caused them to lose
all longing for home.
What does Odysseus describe the Cyclopes as? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Big and dumb.
What specifically stopped Odysseus and his men from leaving the cave of the Cyclops? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Polyphemus.
, What stopped Odysseus from killing the Cyclops the first time? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He realized that by killing him, he would have no way out, thanks to the massive slab.
How did Odysseus injure the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He stabbed him in the
eye with a stake.
What did Odysseus do to lower the Cyclops' mental capacity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He fed him wine.
What did Odysseus do to fool the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He told him his
name was Nohbdy (Nobdy's hurt me!).
How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They
hid underneath the giant sheep's bellies.
As Odysseus and his men were escaping, what did Odysseus do that infuriated the Cyclops? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He taunted him.
What happened when the Cyclops threw a hilltop/boulder/whatever you want to call it? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It created a massive wave that brought Odysseus' ship back to
shore.
After Odysseus taunts the Cyclops the second time, what does the Cyclops do? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔It curses Odysseus.
What does Aeolus, the wind king, give Odysseus and his crew? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔A west wind blowing towards Ithaca, and a bag full of unfavorable stormy winds.
Odysseus and his crew are near Ithaca. Why did they not make it? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Some of Odysseus' men open the bag of storms, and it blew the ship back to Aeolus'
island.
What is the name of the witch who's island Odysseus spends a year on? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Circe.
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
How long was Odysseus at war for? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10 years.
How long did it take Odysseus to get home? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10 years.
What is the name of Odysseus' father? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Laertes.
What is the name of Odysseus' hometown? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ithaca.
What did Odysseus and his crew do upon arriving at the island of the Cicones? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔They pillaged the city.
What did the Lotus plant do to the eater? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It caused them to lose
all longing for home.
What does Odysseus describe the Cyclopes as? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Big and dumb.
What specifically stopped Odysseus and his men from leaving the cave of the Cyclops? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Polyphemus.
, What stopped Odysseus from killing the Cyclops the first time? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He realized that by killing him, he would have no way out, thanks to the massive slab.
How did Odysseus injure the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He stabbed him in the
eye with a stake.
What did Odysseus do to lower the Cyclops' mental capacity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He fed him wine.
What did Odysseus do to fool the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He told him his
name was Nohbdy (Nobdy's hurt me!).
How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They
hid underneath the giant sheep's bellies.
As Odysseus and his men were escaping, what did Odysseus do that infuriated the Cyclops? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He taunted him.
What happened when the Cyclops threw a hilltop/boulder/whatever you want to call it? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It created a massive wave that brought Odysseus' ship back to
shore.
After Odysseus taunts the Cyclops the second time, what does the Cyclops do? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔It curses Odysseus.
What does Aeolus, the wind king, give Odysseus and his crew? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔A west wind blowing towards Ithaca, and a bag full of unfavorable stormy winds.
Odysseus and his crew are near Ithaca. Why did they not make it? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Some of Odysseus' men open the bag of storms, and it blew the ship back to Aeolus'
island.
What is the name of the witch who's island Odysseus spends a year on? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Circe.
