TCOMC Character Qualities
The Odyssey
TCOMC Plot
Mythology
Vocabulary/ Usage
100
When Valentine is believed to be dead, Max pronounces his relationship to her family, not caring about the consequences.
Name one example of how Maximillian's undying love for Valentine is shown throughout the end of the novel?
100
She acknowledges his intellect and strategies, since she is the Goddess of War.
Why does Athena offer Odysseus advice and protection throughout his journey home?
100
He felt that his vengeance had gotten out of control and he had to be reminded of his memories.
At the end of the novel, why did the Count revisit his jail cell?
100
In Greek mythology, their images appear as humans.
What is the difference between Greek mythology and other forms of mythology?
100
Onomatopoeia
“Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” is an example of what?
200
When Caderousse asks him for a ride in his carriage, he speaks to him in a threatening manner by letting him know that he can reveal his identity. Caderousse called him Benedetto and not Andrea.
What event from the novel shows the reader that Caderousse and Benedetto do not have a loving relationship?
200
Charybdis swallows the ocean, pushing the ship to the ridge of the mountain
Why is the cooperation of the Scylla (six-headed monster) and Charybdis (swallowing mouth) so efficient?
200
Albert felt less threatened and scared after seeing a bed and having the ability to sleep in the cell.
Why was Albert’s behavior in the bandit’s prison peculiar? What made him feel like this?
200
Heaven, earth, sea
What were the three main categorizations of the gods?
200
Healthful
When I got home my mom prepared me a (healthy, healthful) snack.
300
Abbe Faria teaches Edmond vengeance but later feels remorseful for teaching him this.
What characteristic does Abbe Faria teach Edmond that influences him throughout the rest of the book? How does Abbe Faria feel about him teaching this to Edmond?
300
They open the present that contains wind because they do not trust him. They eat Helios’s divine cattle because they feel that starving is the worst death.
What are two ways that Odysseus’ men disobey him?
300
Because she was acting motherly to her son, Edouard, and trying to give him a more fortunate life.
When Madame de Villefort begins poisoning her own family, how can her actions be understood and because of who?
300
She is the goddess of hearth and home
Hestia is the goddess of what? What is her purpose?
300
Enervated
As the days went by, Edmond’s father kept feeling more and more _______ and eventually passed away.
400
Dantes learns that one cannot control fate and that there is too much to have control over. He learns this when he finds out that Madame Villefort and Edouard are dead, who were not part of the plan.
What moral does Edmond learn at the end of the novel, after seeing his plan of vengeance go too far. What makes him realize this?
400
She promises that when she finishes sewing her loom she will choose a man to marry. But every night she undos all the progress she has done during the day.
How does Telemachus’ mother show that she does not want to marry another man?
400
While Dantes was only one of Morrel’s sailors, they developed a special level of trust shown when Morrel took care of Dantes’ father when Dantes was imprisoned. Later on, when Dantes became the Count of Monte Cristo, he developed a trustworthy and almost fatherly relationship with Max and helped him end up with Valentine.
Describe the level of trust between the Count of Monte Cristo and the Morrel family. Provide examples.
400
They were seen as a punishment because they were irresistible and made man lose control.
How were women regarded in Greek mythology?
400
Besieged
At the Battle of Troy, the Trojans were _______ by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband, the King of Sparta.
500
Beginning: hardworking, loyal, innocent, believes in the good of man End: sneaky, clever, lonely, believes in vengeance
How does Edmond Dantes change from the beginning to the end of the novel?
500
Because when he sees his mother, he does not want to believe that she is dead. Instead he believes that he might be imagining things.
How is it shown that in some part of his brain, Odysseus believes that his return home will be the same as before.
500
Speaker: Mercedes Audience: Edmond Dantes Context: Mercedes has just seen her son, Albert, leave to serve in the army. Edmond comes to visit Mercedes and finds her sitting at home. She recognizes who he is and speaks to him as if it were old times. Significance: This was the same spot where she watched Edmond leave her. Her son and her true love both left her in the same place.
Identify the speaker, audience, and significance of this quote:“’You were right to bring me back here where I was once so happy; one ought to die where one was happy.’”
500
Brought enlightenment to humans by stealing the fire from the gods and taking it to the humans.
How did Prometheus disobey the gods?
500
Deviated
After Odysseus’s ship was destroyed by Zeus, Odysseus is _______ from his path home.
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