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THE ODYSSEY: CENTRAL IDEAS AND CHARACTER MOTIVATION, PART 2 (QUIZ)

ENGLISH- THE ODYSSEY: CENTRAL IDEAS AND CHARACTER MOTIVATION

THE Odyssey - Part 2 Summary

Exam Review English: The Odyssey Questions and Answers 2024 Update 100% Solved Why does Odysseus leave home? Odysseus leaves home to go fight in the Trojan War Why does Cyclops live alone in a cave? The Cyclops lies alone in a cave because they have no meaning or muster; they have no purpose in life Why does Odysseus go to Hades, the land of the dead? Odysseus goes to Hades, the land of the dead, to speak to the blind prophet Tiresias so he can find a way to go back home To whom does ...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified Zeus - answerruler of all the gods and goddesses Alcinous - answerking of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story Polyphemus - answerCyclops, son of Poseidon Circe - answerThe beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island. Circe - answerwarns Odysseus of dangers he will face (like Scylla) Sirens - answerCreatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths Scylla - answerSi...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified epic - answerlong, narrative POEM The Iliad - answerBesides The Odyssey, what other literature did ancient Greece produce? Odysseus - answerWhat subjects do The Odyssey and The Iliad have in common? invokes the Muse - answerWhat does Homer do at the start of the epic? being crafty - answerWhat does Odysseus tell the Phaeacians he is known for? the Cicones' - answerOn what land were Odysseus's men "mutinous fools on stores of w...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified What is part 1 of the Odyssey primarily about? - answerheroic deeds Identify the description of an epic hero. - answer"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? - answerOdysseus' loyalty to his family How can the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures be most accuratel...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified Stopping on the island of the Lotus Eaters is nearly disastrous for Odysseus and his crew because - answerEating the Lotus flower makes people forget all about going home When he first sees the Cyclops, Odysseus says he looks like someone who does not eat "wheaten bread". He means that the Cyclops is - answeruncivilized Odysseus says that the Cyclops "clutched at my companions/ and caught two in his hands like squirming puppie...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified leader of the Suitors - answerAntinous Odysseus's home island - answerIthaca Goddess that always helps Odysseus - answerAthena The son of Odysseus - answerTelemachus Who is the old beggar? - answerOdysseus What is Dramatic Irony? - answerWhen the reader knows something that a character does not The two steps to win The Challenge - answerString the bow, shoot through axe handle sockets What does the winner of The Challenge ge...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified Circe, like Calypso, is first seen at her loom singing and weaving. What inference could you make about Greek women? - answerThat Greek women stayed home, entertained, and made clothes. What does Circe do to Odysseus's men? - answerShe turns them into swine. What does Circe mean when she says that it is better to sacrifice six men than risk losing them all? - answerThey could have all died if they sailed by Charybdis. What thre...