Character Traits
Mythological Traits
Chronological Order
Plot questions 1
Plot questions 2
100
I told my men "not to worry" while I threw insults at an angry cyclops.
Who is Odysseus
100
I am the sea monster with 6 heads who ate just as many men.
Who is Scylla
100
This is the place where the journey started.
Where is Troy
100
Why is Odysseus sailing around the Mediterranean sea?
To get home to Ithaca
100
These people invaded Odysseus's house while he was gone and tried to marry his wife.
Who are the suitors
200
I am the son of Odysseus and I have not seen him in 20 years.
Who is Telemachus?
200
We are the beautiful creatures that lure sailors to their death while singing to them.
We are the Sirens
200
This is where the men were blown to, after they opened the bag of wind from Aeolus.
The Laestrygonians
200
This is the name Odysseus gives to the Cyclops when he asks.
What is "Nobody"
200
Why doesn't Odysseus confide in his wife that he is a beggar? (2 reasons)
She will reveal him to the suitors and she may not believe him).
300
I gave my husband a test to prove he was who he said.
Who is Penelope
300
I am the cyclops that locked Odysseus and his men in a cave before being blinded with a spear.
I am Polyphemus.
300
Before I spent 7 years with the goddess Calypso I lost all of my men on this Island.
What is Thrinakia (Helio's Island).
300
This is what Odysseus uses to make sure his men do not hear the Sirens singing.
What is beeswax.
300
How does Odysseus get his revenge on Antinous?
By shooting an arrow through his neck
400
I am the "swineherd" that helps Odysseus out in the end
Who is Eumaeus
400
I am an enchantress and goddess who turned Odysseus's men into swine.
I am Circe
400
When Odysseus went into the Underworld it was to visit this prophet.
Who is Teiresias
400
This was the giant, deadly whirlpool that Odysseus and his men avoided.
What is Charybdis
400
What is Penelope's test for the suitors? (Must name both parts of the test)
To string Odysseus's bow and then shoot an arrow through 12 tiny holes.
500
I am the suitor who threw a stool at Odysseus when he was disguised as a beggar.
Who is Antinous
500
I am the sun god who gets very upset when Odysseus's men eat my cattle.(Only accepting the name as it appears in the Odyssey).
I am Helios.
500
After the Cicones, and before the Cyclops, the men landed on this mythological island.
What is the Island of the Lotus Eaters.
500
What do the men kill and eat because they run out of food?
What is the sun God's cattle
500
How does Odysseus prove to Penelope that he is in fact her long lost husband?
He reveals the secret of their marriage bed (built around the base of a tree).
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