Odyssey Test Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
what epithet is written in the beginning of the cyclops story? What do you learn from it? How
is dawn being personified? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"When the young Dawn with finger
tips of rose" We learn that it is morning during a beautiful sunrise. Dawn is personified
because it is capitalized and says that Dawn has finger tips.
Why do u think Odysseus wants to visit the land of the Cyclopes? What does this action
reveal about his character? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He wanted to see if they were
friends or foes. He is curious, daring, and is willing to risk danger just to see what is there.
Describe the Cyclops? What is foreshadowed by the description? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He is a huge brute; little resemblance to humans. He is described as a shaggy mountain
reared in solitude. This foreshadows that he could be dangerous because he is a lawless brute.
What does Odysseus take with him to visit the cyclops and why? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He takes with him his twelve best fighting men and wine. He brings men in case there is
trouble, he takes wine to either have a piece offering or possibly disarm the cyclops.
What do you learn from the dialogue between Odysseus and his crew about the cyclops?
What is foreshadowed about the line "no pretty sight, it turned out for my friends" -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The crew is uneasy. They think it is a bad idea and they just want
to steal the food and leave. However, Odysseus refused because he wanted to see what was
there It foreshadows that some of his crew will perish.
What impression of descriptions of the cyclops tell you? What potential conflict is
foreshadowed by these details? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is doing his chores, going
about his normal day; living his domestic life. When he closes the opening to the cave with a
slab of solid rock like usual, it foreshadows that they are trapped.
What traits does Odysseus's lie about the ship reveal? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He can
think well on his feet and is in general, very smart.
, What is being compared in the simile when the cyclops is hurting the crew? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The men are being compared to squirming puppies. He bashes their brains
out and eats them. The squirming puppies show that they're helpless against the strong
cyclops. The cyclops is compared to a mountain lion, gaping and crunching.
Why does Odysseus refrain from killing the cyclops. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If he killed
the cyclops, there would be no way to move the doorway slab.
What name does Odysseus give the cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Nohbdy
What is the gift the Cyclops says he will give to Odysseus? Explain the irony of this gift? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He'll be eaten last. It is not a gift because he will have to witness
all of his men die and then in the end, he will die anyways.
Explain how Odysseus and the cyclops use different strategies. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Odysseus uses his brain and the cyclops uses his strength.
As the narrator of the story, why would Odysseus include his taunting of the Cyclops and the
consequence? How does Odysseus view his own actions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is
an honest story teller and that he is not ashamed that he was courageous and daring. He views
his own actions as noble, daring, and courageous.
What does the phrase "share and share alike" reveal about the relationship between Odysseus
and his men? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔That he believes they are just as important as he
is.
How is the cyclops's curse already being fulfilled? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They opened
the bag of storms from Aeolus and when they stopped on the land of Laestrygones, their
fleets of ships were attacked by cannibals who bombard the ships with boulders.
What is being compared with the wolves and mountain lions in Circe's hall? What does this
reveal about Circe? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They are comparing wolves and mountain
lions to puppy dogs wagging their tails eager for a treat. This shows us that she is very evil
and powerful if she can change the normally fierce animals calm.
CORRECT Answers
what epithet is written in the beginning of the cyclops story? What do you learn from it? How
is dawn being personified? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"When the young Dawn with finger
tips of rose" We learn that it is morning during a beautiful sunrise. Dawn is personified
because it is capitalized and says that Dawn has finger tips.
Why do u think Odysseus wants to visit the land of the Cyclopes? What does this action
reveal about his character? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He wanted to see if they were
friends or foes. He is curious, daring, and is willing to risk danger just to see what is there.
Describe the Cyclops? What is foreshadowed by the description? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He is a huge brute; little resemblance to humans. He is described as a shaggy mountain
reared in solitude. This foreshadows that he could be dangerous because he is a lawless brute.
What does Odysseus take with him to visit the cyclops and why? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He takes with him his twelve best fighting men and wine. He brings men in case there is
trouble, he takes wine to either have a piece offering or possibly disarm the cyclops.
What do you learn from the dialogue between Odysseus and his crew about the cyclops?
What is foreshadowed about the line "no pretty sight, it turned out for my friends" -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The crew is uneasy. They think it is a bad idea and they just want
to steal the food and leave. However, Odysseus refused because he wanted to see what was
there It foreshadows that some of his crew will perish.
What impression of descriptions of the cyclops tell you? What potential conflict is
foreshadowed by these details? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is doing his chores, going
about his normal day; living his domestic life. When he closes the opening to the cave with a
slab of solid rock like usual, it foreshadows that they are trapped.
What traits does Odysseus's lie about the ship reveal? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He can
think well on his feet and is in general, very smart.
, What is being compared in the simile when the cyclops is hurting the crew? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The men are being compared to squirming puppies. He bashes their brains
out and eats them. The squirming puppies show that they're helpless against the strong
cyclops. The cyclops is compared to a mountain lion, gaping and crunching.
Why does Odysseus refrain from killing the cyclops. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If he killed
the cyclops, there would be no way to move the doorway slab.
What name does Odysseus give the cyclops? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Nohbdy
What is the gift the Cyclops says he will give to Odysseus? Explain the irony of this gift? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He'll be eaten last. It is not a gift because he will have to witness
all of his men die and then in the end, he will die anyways.
Explain how Odysseus and the cyclops use different strategies. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Odysseus uses his brain and the cyclops uses his strength.
As the narrator of the story, why would Odysseus include his taunting of the Cyclops and the
consequence? How does Odysseus view his own actions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is
an honest story teller and that he is not ashamed that he was courageous and daring. He views
his own actions as noble, daring, and courageous.
What does the phrase "share and share alike" reveal about the relationship between Odysseus
and his men? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔That he believes they are just as important as he
is.
How is the cyclops's curse already being fulfilled? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They opened
the bag of storms from Aeolus and when they stopped on the land of Laestrygones, their
fleets of ships were attacked by cannibals who bombard the ships with boulders.
What is being compared with the wolves and mountain lions in Circe's hall? What does this
reveal about Circe? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They are comparing wolves and mountain
lions to puppy dogs wagging their tails eager for a treat. This shows us that she is very evil
and powerful if she can change the normally fierce animals calm.
