Characters
Plot
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
True or False
100
Who disguised Odysseus as a beggar?
Athena
100
How long has Odysseus been gone from home?
20 years
100
arrogant; conceited
haughty
100
The tight bow hummed and sang.
Personification
100
Penelope has been unfaithful to Odysseus.
False
200
Who sent down a thunderbolt right after Odysseus strung his bow?
Zeus
200
Where did Antinous hit Odysseus?
On the shoulder.
200
disrespectful
impudent
200
Odysseus stood watching the unruly suitors like a captain surveying a rough sea.
Simile
200
Antinous eats all of Odysseus’ food, but he refuses to give a stranger any food. This is an example of dramatic irony.
False- It is situational irony because it is the opposite of what the reader would expect.
300
What was Odysseus' dog's name?
Argus :)
300
When Antinous is killed, the other suitors assume it was ________________.
An accident or a lucky shot.
300
to take great pleasure or delight
revel
300
O Father, all my life your fame as a fighting man has echoed in my ears.
Alliteration
300
Telemachus tries to fight his father when Odysseus reveals his true identity.
False
400
After Odysseus has his first encounter with Antinous, who wants to speak with him?
Penelope
400
How did Penelope trick her suitors to prolong her marriage?
By weaving and unweaving a shroud.
400
fairness; justice
equity
400
When Eumaeus tells Odysseus that Argus’ owner is now dead.
dramatic irony
400
Penelope tests Odysseus by telling the servant to move his bed into another area.
True
500
Who did Odysseus first reveal himself to when he returned to Ithaca?
Emaeus
500
What is Penelope's challenge to the suitors?
She will marry whoever can shoot an arrow through 12 axe sockets.
500
to disguise
dissemble
500
The dying men were twitching fish poured out onto the sand.
Metaphor
500
Odysseus revealed his true identity to the suitors after he strung the bow.
True
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