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The Odyssey
Test Description: Unit Test for The Odyssey -Foundations English Grade 9
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who helps Odyssey in the battle against the suitors?
A
Penelope
B
the servants
2) An elaborate comparison of unlike subjects using As... So.
A
Epithet
B
Invocation of the Muse
C
Homeric Simile
D
In media res
3) Calling on, or asking the goddesses for creative help
A
Invocation of the Muses
B
Homeric Simile
C
In media res
D
Epithet
4) A descriptive phrase used to characterize someone
A
Homeric Simile
B
Invocation of the Muse
C
Epithet
D
In media res
5) A writing technique; the story begins in the middle of things
A
In media res
B
Epithet
C
Homeric Simile
D
Invocation of the Muse
6) Told his men not to worry while hurling insults at an angry Cyclops
A
Scylla
B
Sirens
C
Helios
D
Odysseus
7) Beautiful creatures that lure sailors to their death by singing
A
Helios
B
Sirens
C
Scylla
D
Cyclops
8) Monster that lives next to Charybdis and ate 6 men
A
Scylla
B
Odysseus
C
Cyclops
D
Helios
9) Became very angry when his cattle were eaten
A
Cyclops
B
Odysseus
C
Sirens
D
Helios
10) Locked Odysseus in a cave, and asked his father to curse him
A
Cyclops
B
Scylla
C
Helios
D
Sirens
11) Sunk Odysseus' ship because the other gods complained
A
Telemachus
B
Penelope
C
Zeus
D
Athena
12) Suitor who won't give Odysseus food and threw a chair at him
A
Antinous
B
Penelope
C
Zeus
D
Telemachus
13) Odysseus' son who fought with him against the suitors
A
Zeus
B
Penelope
C
Telemachus
D
Antinous
14) Odysseus wandered the seas for ten years because...
A
he offended the god Poseidon
B
his country lost the Trojan War
15) The effect of the Lotus plant on Odysseus' men is most similarto the effct of
A
addictive drugs
B
poison
16) After the Cyclops was blinded, Odysseus and his mean escaped by
A
another cyclops' help
B
hiding under the bellies of sheep
17) Odysseus proved he was cunning by
A
stringing the bow and shooting the arrow
B
placing wax in his crew member's ears
18) Odysseus proved to his wife that he was truly her husband when he
A
revealed how he built his bed
B
showed the scar on his foot
19) The suitors show that they are
A
considerate
B
greedy
20) In total, Odysseus has been away from home for
A
10 years
B
20 years
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