Call to Adventure
Trials & Victories
The Return
Vices/Virtues
Faulkner Facts
100
This is the name of the war that Odysseus fought in prior to The Odyssey
The Trojan War
100
Scylla has _____ heads
Six
100
This is Odysseus's son's name
Telemachus
100
This is the definition of the vice of sloth
reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.
100
This is Mr. Faulkner's favorite animal
200
This is the god who was sent from Olympus to find Odysseus on Calypso's island
Hermes
200
This sorceress turns Odysseus's men into pigs before helping him on his journey
Circe
200
This is the first place Odysseus visits after returning to Ithaca in disguise
the hut of Eumaeus the swineherd
200
This is the vice that Odysseus shows when he yells his real name to the blinded Cyclops from his boat
Pride
200
This is the college where Mr. Faulkner got his teaching degree
University of Wisconsin - Madison
300
This is the name to the "prequel" to The Odyssey, which tells the story of the war that took Odysseus away from Ithaca
The Iliad
300
This is the father of Polyphemus
Poseidon
300
Describe both parts of Penelope's challenge to the suitors
1. String the Great Bow
2. Shoot an arrow through twelve axe-heads
300
This is the virtue that Odysseus shows when he chooses to starve rather than eat the golden cattle of Helios
Self-discipline
300
This is the number of English 9 class sections that Mr. Faulkner teaches
Two
400
This is the god who likes Odysseus the best and helps him the most
Athena
400
This is the name of the Sun God, who owns and protects the Golden Cattle
Helios
400
This is the name of the "ringleader" suitor, killed brutally by Odysseus
Antinous
400
Term for doing good things unselfishly, without expecting anything in return
Altruism
400
This is the year that Mr. Faulkner got married
2024
500
This is the name of the place where Odysseus tells the story of his journey (starting in "I Am Laertes' Son...")
Phaecia/the hall of King Alcinous
500
This is the "famous blind prophet from Thebes" that Odysseus is sent to find in the Land of the Dead
Teiresias
500
This is how Penelope was convinced that the mysterious man was actually her long-lost husband Odysseus (their "shared secret")
She mentions their bed, shaped from a tree by Odysseus, and he knows that it can't be moved
500
Describe the "law of hospitality"
The law requires that strangers be received with warmth and generosity. Hosts must offer food, shelter, and protection, as hospitality is a sacred duty.
500
This is the number of full years that Mr. Faulkner has taught (so, not counting this year)
One!