Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 12
100
What is the title of Book 8?
Games.
100
What type of camera shot is used here?
Establishing shot or extreme long shot.
100
What is the "godly gift" given to Odysseus by King Aeolus?
A bag of wind, leaving behind only the wind that would blow his ship back to Ithaca.
100
This is another example of what negative trait of Odysseus's?
Hubris.
100
What is the setting of Book 8?
Phaeacia.
100
"They attacked with a force so numerous, they were like the leaves in autumn."
What language technique is being used here?
Simile.
100
Identify two themes that are represented in this panel.
Temptation and loyalty.
100
What is Scylla?
A six-headed sea monster.
100
Who is pictured here?
King Alcinoos.
100
What likely caused Zeus to do this?
Odysseus's crew had displayed poor xenia by plundering the land of the Cicones.
100
Fill the gap.
Laestrygonians.
100
"the sucking mouth called __________".
Fill the gap.
Charybdis.
100
Identify one visual technique that helps to provide salience to Odysseus and King Alcinoos in this panel.
Acceptable answers include:
- Colour saturation
- Composition
- Centrality
100
Identify two themes that are relevant to the panels above.
Acceptable answers:
- Temptation
- Hospitality
- Leadership
100
Which technique that is unique to graphic novels does Hinds use to convey a sense of chaotic action?
Diagonal gutters.
100
What decision does Odysseus make to help them survive Scylla?
He does not tell them about it.
100
Identify two visual techniques used to show that Odysseus is offended by what Euryalus is saying.
Acceptable answers:
- facial expression
- medium shot
- emanata/plewds
100
What happens to someone when they eat the lotus fruit?
They forget all about their cares and their home and just want to stay and enjoy the "blissful euphoria".
100
Whom does this house belong to?
Circe.
100
What angle is used here to portray Odysseus and his crew as vulnerable?
Birds-eye view.
100
What language technique is used here to help convey the physical prowess of Odysseus?
Onomatopoeia.
100
Fill the gap with the correct word.
Zeus.
100
What happens if you consume Circe's magical drink?
You turn into an animal.
100
Identify four visual techniques and two language techniques that help to convey the violent and chaotic nature of this event.
Acceptable answers include:
- Facial expressions
- Body language
- Diagonal gutters
- Emanata (speed/movement lines)
- Emanata (plewds)
- Size
- Onomatopoeia
- Imperative
100
What kind of camera shot is used here to highlight Odysseus's strength?
Close-up shot.
100
Identify two visual techniques that help to convey the vulnerability of Odysseus here.
Acceptable answers:
- High angle
- Emanata/plewds
- Size/composition
- Colour/symbolism
100
Identify a theme that is represented in these panels?
Temptation and the active role of the gods.
100
“After that, you will see the island of Thrinacia, where the sun god ______________ keeps his divine ___________, tended by two immortal nymphs.”
Fill the gaps.
Helios, cattle.
100
Which theme is most prominent in these panels?
Hospitality.
100
Identify one theme that is represented in this panel.
Acceptable answers:
- Mental strength
- Deceit
100
What role does Hermes play in Book 10?
Hermes helps Odysseus rescue his men from Circe by giving him a herb that will protect him from her spells and instructions to follow.
100
"and the meat on the spits began to bellow like a herd of oxen"
What language technique is used here to show the god's disapproval of the decision of Odysseus's crew to disregard warnings not to eat Helios's cattle?
Simile.
100
Why did Demodocus's song bring grief to Odysseus?
It was about the Trojan War.
100
Why can't Odysseus kill the cyclops immediately?
If they killed him, they would still be trapped in the cave.
100
Which language technique helps to draw attention to the feelings experienced by Odysseus's crew?
Acceptable answers:
- Alliteration
- Emotive language
- Rhetorical question
100
Identify two language techniques and two visual techniques used here to convey the idea that the future of Odysseus and his crew was being influenced by a higher force?
Language: Personification, metaphor.
Visual: Size, colour, composition.
100
Identify two language techniques present in the following quote from Odysseus.
Acceptable answers include:
- Epiphet
- Metaphor
- Visual imagery
100
Identify two themes that are represented in this panel.
Hubris and temptation.
100
Whom is Odysseus instructed to visit in the Land of the Dead?
The great seer Tiresias.
100
Identify two language techniques used by Eurylochus to persuade his crewmates to go against the decisions of their leader.
Emotive language: "repugnant, painful, and slow"; "not die pitifully"
Visual imagery: "fat, majestic cattle"
Idiom: "we'll go down fighting"