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The Odyssey Review

Test Description: The Odyssesy

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) In Penelope’s archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?

A8 B2 C12 D30

2) Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?

ALethe-root BLotus CPoppy DHemlock

3) How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey?

Aas a beggar Bas Antinous Cas Mentor

4) Who is Argos?

AThe Cyclops BOdysseus’s old dog CThe master of the winds DPenelope’s chief suitor

5) Who first finds Odysseus on the island of Scheria?

AKing Alcinous BTelemachus CCirce DNausicaa

6) Who has an affair with Eurymachus?

AMelantho BAthena CHelen DCirce

7) Menelaus is king of which city?

APylos BAthens CSparta DArgos

8) Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature?

AHis cunning BHis voice CHis kindness DA scar on his leg

9) How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?

AHe isn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the ship passes the Sirens’ island. BHe has his men bind him to the ship’s mast. CHe eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens’ island. DAthena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him.

10) Who begs Odysseus to bury him?

AElpenor BAchilles CLaertes DPolyphemus

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