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The Odyssey Test Review Exam
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What is part 1 of the Odyssey primarily about? - ✔✔heroic deeds
Identify the description of an epic hero. - ✔✔"Now I let go with hands and
feet, plunging/ straight into the foam beside the timbers,/ pulled astride, and
rowed hard with my hands/ to pass b Scylla."
What does the epithet "Laertes' son" emphasize? - ✔✔Odysseus' loyalty to
his family
How can the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures be most accurately
described? - ✔✔Zeus controls the weather by which Odysseus sails.
Which aspect of Odysseus' character keeps him from giving his heart to
Calypso or to Circe? - ✔✔He is eager to get back to Ithaca.
While exploring the cave of the Cyclops, what might Odysseus hope the
Cyclops will offer? - ✔✔An exciting challenge
"When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops
built a fire" can be reworded as: - ✔✔At daybreak, the Cyclops built a fire.
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What character trait does Odysseus demonstrate by lying about his name
to the Cyclops? - ✔✔Creativity
Interpret the meaning of the following lines from the Odyssey: "Let him lose
all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home." -
✔✔Let Odysseus return home, alone and troubled.
At what point does Odysseus show the human side of his character? -
✔✔He weeps upon meeting Elpenor's ghost in Hades.
Which character trait does Odysseus display when he listens to the Sirens'
song? - ✔✔self-sacrifice
What is demonstrated by Odysseus' failure to wake up and prevent his
men from slaughtering the sun god's cattle? - ✔✔The power of the gods
Odysseus' comment t Telemachus, "This is not princely, to be swept/ away
by wonder at your father's presence," means that ancient Greek princes: -
✔✔showed little emotion
Identify an example of a simile. - ✔✔Odysseus stood watching the unruly
suitors like a captain surveying a rough sea.
The Odyssey Test Review Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What is part 1 of the Odyssey primarily about? - ✔✔heroic deeds
Identify the description of an epic hero. - ✔✔"Now I let go with hands and
feet, plunging/ straight into the foam beside the timbers,/ pulled astride, and
rowed hard with my hands/ to pass b Scylla."
What does the epithet "Laertes' son" emphasize? - ✔✔Odysseus' loyalty to
his family
How can the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures be most accurately
described? - ✔✔Zeus controls the weather by which Odysseus sails.
Which aspect of Odysseus' character keeps him from giving his heart to
Calypso or to Circe? - ✔✔He is eager to get back to Ithaca.
While exploring the cave of the Cyclops, what might Odysseus hope the
Cyclops will offer? - ✔✔An exciting challenge
"When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops
built a fire" can be reworded as: - ✔✔At daybreak, the Cyclops built a fire.
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What character trait does Odysseus demonstrate by lying about his name
to the Cyclops? - ✔✔Creativity
Interpret the meaning of the following lines from the Odyssey: "Let him lose
all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home." -
✔✔Let Odysseus return home, alone and troubled.
At what point does Odysseus show the human side of his character? -
✔✔He weeps upon meeting Elpenor's ghost in Hades.
Which character trait does Odysseus display when he listens to the Sirens'
song? - ✔✔self-sacrifice
What is demonstrated by Odysseus' failure to wake up and prevent his
men from slaughtering the sun god's cattle? - ✔✔The power of the gods
Odysseus' comment t Telemachus, "This is not princely, to be swept/ away
by wonder at your father's presence," means that ancient Greek princes: -
✔✔showed little emotion
Identify an example of a simile. - ✔✔Odysseus stood watching the unruly
suitors like a captain surveying a rough sea.
