Characters
Who is the protagonist in the book?
Who is Odysseus?
Who convinces Zeus to free Odysseus?
Who is Athena?
What is the theme of showing hospitality shown in the example, “...the goddess drew a table close beside him, heaped with ambrosia, mixed him deep-red nectar. Hermes the guide and giant-killer ate and drank. Once he’d dined and fortified himself with food he launch right in...” (pg 154)?
What is xenia?
What does lustrous mean?
What is reflecting an even, gentle light from a smooth surface. (Not sparkling or glittering)
Hermes the giant-killer is and example of which literary device?
What is an epithet?
Who is the protagonist's divine protector?
Who is Athena?
Odysseus has been stuck on an island with Calypso for how long?
What are 7 years?
The following textual example, "...as for great Odysseus... off he sat on a headland, weeping there as always, wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish, gazing out over the barren sea through blinding tears," (pg 154) shows which theme best:
A.) A hatred of the gods for their cruel grudges.
B.) The longing for home.
C.) Self pity because of past failures.
What is B.) The longing for home?
True or false, scandalized means spreading false rumors and misinformation?
What is false? (Scandalized means to be shocked, offended, or outraged by someone's behavior.)
What kind of literary device is, "As dawn rose up from bed..." (pg 152)?
What is personification?
On whose island is Odysseus on?
Who is Calypso?
Who hindered Odysseus's journey home once he left Calypso's island, and how did they do this?
Who is Poseidon? What is sending a chaos of water and wind to crash down on Odysseus?
True or false, the textual evidence "...on a lashed, makeshift raft and wrung with pains, on the twentieth day he will make landfall..." (pg 153) is an example of the theme fate and destiny?
What is true?
What does stature mean in this sentence talking about Calypso and Penelope, "Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you, your beauty, stature." (pg159)?
What is stature describes that Penelope is physically shorter and has a less striking presence than Calypso?
Is "A great fire blazed on the hearth and the smell of cedar cleanly split and sweetwood burning bright wafted a cloud of fragrance down the island," (pg 154) and example of a literary device? If so, which one?
What is imagery?
Who is the character that saves the protagonist in the sea?
Who is Ino(Leucothea)?
How many days is Odysseus lost at sea?
What are 20 days?
Are skepticism and the fear of deception a theme in Book 5 of The Odyssey? If so, explain how it is a theme.
What is the quote said by Odysseus when Calypso says he is free to go home, "Passage home? Never. Surely you're plotting something else..." (pg 157)? After years of being tormented, Odysseus refuses to accept help without proof of good intentions, assuming that any offer of help from a god might be a trap.
What is the definition of colossal?
What is extraordinarily large in size, power, and destructive force?
The following is an example of a literary device, "...royal Odysseus spread sail—griping the tiller, seated astern—and now the master mariner steered his craft, sleep never closing his eyes, forever scanning the stars..."(pg 160)? Which literary device is it?
What is alliteration?
What is another name for Jove?
Who is Zeus(Jupiter)?
Odysseus is fated to land on the island of Scheria. Who are the people that live on this island?
Who are the Phaeacians?
What theme is shown in this piece of text, "“Outrageous! Look how the gods have changed their minds about Odysseus... just look at him there, nearing the Phaeacia's shores where he's fated to escape his noose of pain. But I'll give that man his swamping fill of trouble!”(pg 161)?
What is the gods long lasting rage?
What does luxuriant mean?
What is growing thickly, strongly, and in great abundance?
Which literary device is the following, "And as a man will bury his glowing brand in black ashes, off on a lonely farmstead, no neighbors near, to keep a spark alive—no to kindle fire from somewhere else—so Odysseus buried himself in leaves and Athena showered sleep upon his eyes..." (pg 167)? How do you know this?
What is an epic simile? (This text is an epic simile because it compares Odysseus hiding under leaves to an ember hidden under ashes across multiple lines, using the word "as". Just as the ashes protect the ember from going out overnight, the leaves protect Odysseus from freezing during the night).