Lotus Eaters
The Cyclone
I'm Laertes Son
100
(A) two (B) eight (C) twelve (D) thirty
In Penelope’s archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?
100
(A) Melantho (B) Penelope (C) Circe (D) Helen
Who has an affair with Eurymachus?
100
(A) Grief (B) Drowning (C) Old age (D) Starvation
Of what did Odysseus’s mother die?
200
(A) Lotus (B) Poppy (C) Lethe-root (D) Hemlock
Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?
200
(A) Pylos (B) Argos (C) Athens (D) Sparta
Menelaus is king of which city?
200
(A) Early thirties (B) Early teens (C) Early twenties (D) Late forties
How old is Telemachus at the start of the epic?
300
(A) As a beggar (B) As Antinous (C) As Mentor (D) As Mephistopheles
How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey?
300
(A) A scar on his leg (B) His cunning (C) The sound of his voice (D) His “noble bearing”
Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature?
300
(A) They are hanged. (B) They are forgiven. (C) They are whipped. (D) They are dismissed from the palace
What happens to the disloyal maids after they clean the blood from the great hall?
400
(A) The master of the winds (B) Penelope’s chief suitor (C) The Cyclops (D) Odysseus’s old dog
Who is Argos?
400
(A) He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast. (B) Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him. (C) He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens’ island. (D) He isn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the ship passes the Sirens’ island.
How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?
400
(A) The eagle of the Moon (B) The serpent of the Seas (C) The cattle of the Sun (D) The badger of the Mountains
What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage?
500
(A) Telemachus (B) King Alcinous (C) Nausicaa (D) Circe
Who first finds Odysseus on the island of Scheria?
500
(A) Laertes (B) Polyphemus (C) Elpenor (D) Achilles
Who begs Odysseus to bury him?
500
(A) Eumaeus (B) Odysseus (C) Telemachus (D) Laertes
Who kills Antinous’s father?
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