Homer's Odyssey
MLA Citation Style
Othello
Religious Beliefs and Practices
Indigenous and Colonial Latin America
100

This goddess of war and protector of the Greek capital helped Odysseus and Telemachus throughout their journey

Who is Athena?

100

If you're not properly citing your sources, you can be accused of this type of academic dishonesty

What is plagiarism?

100

Numerous characters use this term to refer to Othello in place of his name

What is the 'The Moor?'

100

This refers to the dietary restrictions for Jews outlined in the Torah

What is kosher or kashrut?

100

This name refers to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Cuba

Who are the Taino?

200

From where Odysseus and his men were returning home after 10 long years

Where is Troy? (also acceptable: The Trojan War)

200

What location in your MLA formatted essay does your cited sources go?

What is a Works Cited Page?

200

This character serves as Othello's lieutenant and is the center of an alleged scandal

Who is Cassio?

200

This denomination (branch) of Christianity is most widely practiced throughout Latin America

What is Catholicism?

200

This formerly enslaved individual, with a French name given to him by his master, was one of the early leaders of the Haitian Revolution

Who is Toussaint Louverture?

300

Defacto leader of the suitors and the first to be killed upon Odysseus's triumphant return to Ithaca

Who is Antinous?

300
This university is the unofficial, official source for everything you need to know about MLA formatting guidelines

What is Purdue University?

300

This is the first person in the play that doubts Iago's honesty, aside from Roderigo 

Who is Emilia?

300

This term refers to religions like Hinduism where everything is considered holy and a manifestation of the divine

What is pantheistic?

300

This thrice-named hypothesis offered by Jared Diamond seeks to explain how Europeans were able to so effectively conquer parts of Latin America

What is the "guns, germs, and steel" hypothesis?

400

This trick was used by Penelope to stave off marriage proposals from the suitors, until she was betrayed by one of her maidservants

What is weaving and unweaving her father's burial shroud?

400

This is how you would write today's date if you had accessed an online resource and wanted to cite it

What is 13 June 2025?
400

This is the reason that Desdemona says she fell in love with Othello 

What are the stories of his past?

400

This Indian prince gave up his life of luxury in search of spiritual truth, eventually reaching enlightenment and becoming "the Buddha"

Who is Siddhartha Gautama? 

400

This great Aztec capital was located in central Mexico and literally built atop Lake Texcoco

What is Tenochtitlan?

500

In Book 12, Circe warns Odysseus and his crew of this particularly dangerous strait between these two female monsters

Who is Charybdis and Scylla?

500

This is incorrect about the following citation:

Acevedo, Elizabeth. "The Poet X." New York: Harper Teen, 2018. Print.

What is a missing hanging indent?

500

All of these characters come into contact with the beautifully embroidered handkerchief 

Who are Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Iago, Emilia and Bianca?

500

These make up the Five Pillars of Islam, please name at least two

Declaration of the faith (shahada), praying 5 times a day (salah), pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj), charity (zakat), fasting during Ramadan (sawn)

500

This new, southern Inca capital was established by the surviving rulers of the empire following the capture of Cuzco by the Spanish in 1533 CE

What is Vilcabamba? 

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