Characters
Plot Points
Plot Points Part II
Literary Terms
Mystery
100
Who is Odysseus's son?
Telemachus
100
Which war is Odysseus and his men leaving at the start of their obstacle-filled journey back home?
Trojan War
100
What name does Odysseus use to outwit the Cyclops?
He calls himself Nobody.
100

Hubris

What is arrogance or excessive pride (the kind that gets you into trouble.)

100

Who is the author of The Odyssey?

Homer

200
Who is the ringleader of the suitors?
Antinous
200

Who does Odysseus ask for help in telling his story?

The muses

200
Odysseus and his men face the following obstacles at the same time on their journey home: Scylla and _________.
Charybdis
200

En Medias Res

What is when a story starts in the middle, flashes back to the beginning, catches up, and then finishes

200
Who is the messenger god?
Hermes
300
What is the actual name of the Cyclops whom Odysseus blinded?
Polyphemus
300

Who gives Odysseus a bag of all the winds except the one that will take them home?

Aeolus

300
When Odysseus gets home to Ithaca, he receives help from Athena so the suitors don't recognize him. What does this help consist of?
Athena disguises him as an old beggar.
300

Guile

cunning, or trickery

300

Penelope's test for Odysseus

She said she moved their bed. Not possible.

400
What is the name of Odysseus's nurse?
Eurycleia
400
Odysseus and his crew raid whose lands when they first leave the Trojan War?
Cicones
400
How many axes does Odysseus have to shoot an arrow through in order to succeed in Penelope's test?
A dozen.
400

Allusion

What is a reference to classical literature?

400

How many men die when they pass Scylla

6

500

What is the name of Odysseus's dog who dies after seeing Odysseus for the first time in 20 years?

Argus

500

Who is the Phaeacian king that Odysseus is telling his story to?

Alcinous 

500

This the suitor blames the dead suitor and  begs Odysseus to spare the rest. He also offers gifts of gold and oxen.

Eurymachus

500

What is another name for an epic simile?

Homeric Simile

500

Odysseus tried to avoid going to war by

pretending to be crazy

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