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Odyssey Test Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Define an epic hero. Give example. - ✔✔a larger than life figure who
undertakes great journeys
-Odysseus
Define an epic plot. Give example. - ✔✔contains a long journey that has
many complications
-Odysseus' Journey Home; Iliad
Define an epic setting. Give example. - ✔✔a setting that contains foreign
and exotic lands.
-Neverland; Narnia; Calypso's Island
Define an epic theme. Give example. - ✔✔theme that exemplifies the
human experience.
-Fate vs. Freewill; Courage; Loyalty
Define an archetype. Give example. - ✔✔characters, situations, themes,
and images that can be found in multiple pieces.
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-Buried Treasure; Batman & Robin; Sea Monsters; Epic Hero; Suitors'
Contest; Loyal Servant
1st Excerpt - ✔✔from Book 4: The Red-Haired King and His Lady
-"In my life I have met, in many countries, foresight and wit in many first
rate men,
but never have I seen one like Odysseus for steadiness and a stout heart.
Here, for instance,
is what he did—had the cold nerve to do—inside the hollow horse, where
we were waiting,
picked men all of us, for the Trojan slaughter, when all of a sudden, you
came by—I dare say drawn by some superhuman power that planned an
exploit for the Trojans; and Deiphobus, that handsome man, came with
you. Three times you walked around it, patting it everywhere, and called by
name the flower of our fighters, making your voice sound like their wives,
calling.
Diomedes and I crouched in the center along with Odysseus; we could
hear you plainly; and listening, we two were swept by waves of longing—to
reply, or go.
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Odysseus fought us down, despite our craving, and all the Achaeans kept
their lips shut tight, all but Anticlus. Desire moved his throat to hail you, but
Odysseus' great hands clamped over his jaws, and held. So he saved us
all, till Pallas Athena led you away at last."
(1st Excerpt) King Menelaus mentions several heroic traits that Odysseus
exhibited while carrying out his plan to defeat the Trojans. One trait is
boxed. Identify two more. - ✔✔Cold Nerve
-Steadiness
-Stout Heart
(1st Excerpt) What archetype does Helen represent? Explain. - ✔✔Helen is
suitor's contest because King Menelaus and Paris fight over her and who
gets to have her. She is treated like a prize to be won.
(1st Excerpt) Reread lines 8-10 (when all of a sudden, you came by—I dare
say drawn by some superhuman power that planned an exploit for the
Trojans) and 23-24 (over his jaws, and held. So he saved us all, till Pallas
Athena led you away at last.). Explain how gods interfere. - ✔✔In lines 8-
10, the gods are said to have interfered as the Trojans were slaughtered.
Then they helped to power a plan to exploit the Trojans. In lines 23-24,
Odysseus saved everyone, but Pallas Athena led him away in the end.
Odyssey Test Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Define an epic hero. Give example. - ✔✔a larger than life figure who
undertakes great journeys
-Odysseus
Define an epic plot. Give example. - ✔✔contains a long journey that has
many complications
-Odysseus' Journey Home; Iliad
Define an epic setting. Give example. - ✔✔a setting that contains foreign
and exotic lands.
-Neverland; Narnia; Calypso's Island
Define an epic theme. Give example. - ✔✔theme that exemplifies the
human experience.
-Fate vs. Freewill; Courage; Loyalty
Define an archetype. Give example. - ✔✔characters, situations, themes,
and images that can be found in multiple pieces.
,©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
-Buried Treasure; Batman & Robin; Sea Monsters; Epic Hero; Suitors'
Contest; Loyal Servant
1st Excerpt - ✔✔from Book 4: The Red-Haired King and His Lady
-"In my life I have met, in many countries, foresight and wit in many first
rate men,
but never have I seen one like Odysseus for steadiness and a stout heart.
Here, for instance,
is what he did—had the cold nerve to do—inside the hollow horse, where
we were waiting,
picked men all of us, for the Trojan slaughter, when all of a sudden, you
came by—I dare say drawn by some superhuman power that planned an
exploit for the Trojans; and Deiphobus, that handsome man, came with
you. Three times you walked around it, patting it everywhere, and called by
name the flower of our fighters, making your voice sound like their wives,
calling.
Diomedes and I crouched in the center along with Odysseus; we could
hear you plainly; and listening, we two were swept by waves of longing—to
reply, or go.
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
Odysseus fought us down, despite our craving, and all the Achaeans kept
their lips shut tight, all but Anticlus. Desire moved his throat to hail you, but
Odysseus' great hands clamped over his jaws, and held. So he saved us
all, till Pallas Athena led you away at last."
(1st Excerpt) King Menelaus mentions several heroic traits that Odysseus
exhibited while carrying out his plan to defeat the Trojans. One trait is
boxed. Identify two more. - ✔✔Cold Nerve
-Steadiness
-Stout Heart
(1st Excerpt) What archetype does Helen represent? Explain. - ✔✔Helen is
suitor's contest because King Menelaus and Paris fight over her and who
gets to have her. She is treated like a prize to be won.
(1st Excerpt) Reread lines 8-10 (when all of a sudden, you came by—I dare
say drawn by some superhuman power that planned an exploit for the
Trojans) and 23-24 (over his jaws, and held. So he saved us all, till Pallas
Athena led you away at last.). Explain how gods interfere. - ✔✔In lines 8-
10, the gods are said to have interfered as the Trojans were slaughtered.
Then they helped to power a plan to exploit the Trojans. In lines 23-24,
Odysseus saved everyone, but Pallas Athena led him away in the end.
