THE ODYSSEY ACTUAL 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔How many years was Odysseus a prisoner of Calypso? - ✔✔7
✔✔Who was sent by Zeus to get Odysseus off Calypso's island? - ✔✔Hermes the
wayfinder
✔✔Which God has a special interest in Odysseus and convinces Zeus to let him off the
island? - ✔✔Athena
✔✔Describe Calypso's island. - ✔✔Beautiful, breathtaking, birds and flowers all around;
a good example of epic setting
✔✔Which God destroys Odysseus's raft after he departs the isle of Calypso? -
✔✔Poseidon
✔✔Where does Odysseus wash up? - ✔✔Scheria
✔✔Did Odysseus enjoy his time on the island? - ✔✔No, after some time he cried every
day because he missed his wife and home.
✔✔How do Greeks treat their guests? - ✔✔Like they were sent by gods. They are
treated with great courtesy before they are asked why they are there.
✔✔Who is Odysseus's father? - ✔✔Laertes
✔✔Where is the location of Ithaca? What is the island like? - ✔✔Northwest, high
elevation, rocky shores, off the coast of Greece
✔✔Where does the current take the ship on the tenth day, after nine day of rough seas?
This was the first monstrous stop on their journey home. - ✔✔The land of the lotus
eaters.
✔✔How many men eat the lotus flower? - ✔✔3
✔✔What does the lotus flower do? - ✔✔Makes you lose sense of time, crave the flower,
lose will do to anything
✔✔What does Odysseus do with the 3 men who ate the flowers? - ✔✔Ties them to the
ship and sails away.
✔✔Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
, ✔✔What kind of animal does Polyphemus keep? - ✔✔Sheep and Rams
✔✔Where does Odysseus go after they leave Polyphemus' island? - ✔✔Aeolia, home
of the wind King Aeolus
✔✔What gift does Aeolus give Odysseus? - ✔✔A good fair wind home and the bad
winds in a stormy bag
✔✔Why does Odysseus get sent back to Aeolia? - ✔✔Members of his crew open the
bag, thinking it is treasure.
✔✔What happens on the island of the Laestrygonians? - ✔✔The giant cannibals eat
most of his crew and destroy all of his ships but one.
✔✔Where does Circe live? - ✔✔Aeaea
✔✔Who leads the party of men to Circe's house? - ✔✔Eurylochus
✔✔What happens after the crew approaches Circe? - ✔✔She prepares them a meal
with a poison that makes them not want to go home, then turns them all into pigs
✔✔How does Hermes aid Odysseus in defeating Circe? - ✔✔He gives him a plant -
moly - that repels her power.
✔✔How does Circe react after being faced by Odysseus? - ✔✔She surrenders and
asks them to stay with her for many seasons.
✔✔What does Circe command Odysseus to do in order to leave the island? - ✔✔Go to
the underworld and his prophecy told by Teiresias
✔✔What does Teiresias predict? - ✔✔He prophesies that Poseidon will be very mad at
Odysseus, but he can avoid his blows if they go through a certain strait, but they must
resist temptation. When they go to the island of Thrinakia they must not kill the cattle of
Helios. If they don't, they will get home safely, but if they do the crew and ship will be
destroyed. Odysseus will be alone for many years until he finally comes home to see his
house in disarray. He must kill all the men that are courting Penelope, then travel inland
on foot with an oar until someone asks if the oar is a winnowing fan. When the question
is asked he must make a sacrifice to Poseidon of a ram, a bull, and a boar then kill 100
cattle and sacrifice them to various gods. If Odysseus completes these tasks he will die
happy of old age.
✔✔How do Odysseus and his crew avoid being killed by the sirens? - ✔✔The crew
plugs their ears with beeswax, and Odysseus ties himself to the mast.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔How many years was Odysseus a prisoner of Calypso? - ✔✔7
✔✔Who was sent by Zeus to get Odysseus off Calypso's island? - ✔✔Hermes the
wayfinder
✔✔Which God has a special interest in Odysseus and convinces Zeus to let him off the
island? - ✔✔Athena
✔✔Describe Calypso's island. - ✔✔Beautiful, breathtaking, birds and flowers all around;
a good example of epic setting
✔✔Which God destroys Odysseus's raft after he departs the isle of Calypso? -
✔✔Poseidon
✔✔Where does Odysseus wash up? - ✔✔Scheria
✔✔Did Odysseus enjoy his time on the island? - ✔✔No, after some time he cried every
day because he missed his wife and home.
✔✔How do Greeks treat their guests? - ✔✔Like they were sent by gods. They are
treated with great courtesy before they are asked why they are there.
✔✔Who is Odysseus's father? - ✔✔Laertes
✔✔Where is the location of Ithaca? What is the island like? - ✔✔Northwest, high
elevation, rocky shores, off the coast of Greece
✔✔Where does the current take the ship on the tenth day, after nine day of rough seas?
This was the first monstrous stop on their journey home. - ✔✔The land of the lotus
eaters.
✔✔How many men eat the lotus flower? - ✔✔3
✔✔What does the lotus flower do? - ✔✔Makes you lose sense of time, crave the flower,
lose will do to anything
✔✔What does Odysseus do with the 3 men who ate the flowers? - ✔✔Ties them to the
ship and sails away.
✔✔Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
, ✔✔What kind of animal does Polyphemus keep? - ✔✔Sheep and Rams
✔✔Where does Odysseus go after they leave Polyphemus' island? - ✔✔Aeolia, home
of the wind King Aeolus
✔✔What gift does Aeolus give Odysseus? - ✔✔A good fair wind home and the bad
winds in a stormy bag
✔✔Why does Odysseus get sent back to Aeolia? - ✔✔Members of his crew open the
bag, thinking it is treasure.
✔✔What happens on the island of the Laestrygonians? - ✔✔The giant cannibals eat
most of his crew and destroy all of his ships but one.
✔✔Where does Circe live? - ✔✔Aeaea
✔✔Who leads the party of men to Circe's house? - ✔✔Eurylochus
✔✔What happens after the crew approaches Circe? - ✔✔She prepares them a meal
with a poison that makes them not want to go home, then turns them all into pigs
✔✔How does Hermes aid Odysseus in defeating Circe? - ✔✔He gives him a plant -
moly - that repels her power.
✔✔How does Circe react after being faced by Odysseus? - ✔✔She surrenders and
asks them to stay with her for many seasons.
✔✔What does Circe command Odysseus to do in order to leave the island? - ✔✔Go to
the underworld and his prophecy told by Teiresias
✔✔What does Teiresias predict? - ✔✔He prophesies that Poseidon will be very mad at
Odysseus, but he can avoid his blows if they go through a certain strait, but they must
resist temptation. When they go to the island of Thrinakia they must not kill the cattle of
Helios. If they don't, they will get home safely, but if they do the crew and ship will be
destroyed. Odysseus will be alone for many years until he finally comes home to see his
house in disarray. He must kill all the men that are courting Penelope, then travel inland
on foot with an oar until someone asks if the oar is a winnowing fan. When the question
is asked he must make a sacrifice to Poseidon of a ram, a bull, and a boar then kill 100
cattle and sacrifice them to various gods. If Odysseus completes these tasks he will die
happy of old age.
✔✔How do Odysseus and his crew avoid being killed by the sirens? - ✔✔The crew
plugs their ears with beeswax, and Odysseus ties himself to the mast.
