“Nohbdy’s my meat, then, after I eat his friends.
Others come first. There’s a noble gift, now.”
Was said by this character in the Odyssey.
Who is Polyphemus?
100
This type of irony is when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
100
“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback
or, where the ground required, on foot. They came
with dawn over the terrain like the leaves
and blades of spring.”
Is an example of this literary term.
What is a simile?
100
This is illustrated in Hermes' gift of the anti-pig potion.
What is divine assistance?
200
This is what Odysseus was able to do that the other suitors were not.
What is string the bow?
200
"Down in the sty and snore among the rest!”
Was said by this Odyssey character.
Who is Circe?
200
This type of irony is when an action has an effect that is opposite of what is intended.
What is situational irony?
200
The entire first part of the Odyssey is considered this literary term.
What is a flashback?
300
These helpful assistants were the way that Odysseus and his men escaped from the Cyclops's cave.
What are sheep?
300
“You cannot be my father Odysseus! Meddling spirits
conceived this trick to twist the knife in me!”
Was said by the Odyssey character.
Who is Telemachus?
300
This type of irony is when a person says one thing, but means something else.
What is verbal irony?
300
“I am Laertes’ son, Odysseus.
Men hold me
formidable for guile in peace and war:
this fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim.”
Is an example of this literary term.
What is epic hero?
300
Eurycleia was able to recognize Odysseus by this key fact.
What is the scar on his foot?
400
During their time alone, Circe warned Odysseus about these many creatures.
What is the Drifters, the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis?
400
“Pity that you have more looks than heart.
You’d grudge a pinch of salt from your own larder
to your own handyman. You sit here, fat
on others’ meat, and cannot bring yourself
to rummage out a crust of bread for me!”
Was said by this Odyssey character.
Who is Odysseus?
400
When Odysseus says “the hour has come to cook their lordships mutton” it is a type of this irony.
What is verbal irony?
400
“As we rowed on, nearer to the mainland,
at one end of the bay, we saw a cavern
yawning above the water, screened with laurel.”
Is an example of literary term.
What is personification?
400
Eurymachus did not fit into this theme.
What is loyalty?
500
This person kept Odysseus captive for many years.
Who is Calypso?
500
“Would god you could be hit yourself, Antinous-
hit by Apollo’s bowshot!”
Was said by this Odyssey character.
Who is Penelope?
500
When Odysseus is disguised as a beggar and is treated poorly in his own house is an example of this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony?
500
“Now flashed
arrow from twanging bow clean as a whistle
through every socket ring, and grazed not one,
to thud with heavy brazen head beyond.”
This quote refers to this literary term.
What is sound imagery?
500
The Cyclops chapter has many examples of this theme.