The Odyssey pt 1
What is Odysseus's wife's name?
What is Penelope.
How many heads does Scylla have?
What is 6 heads.
What land is Odysseus the ruler of?
What is Ithaca.
Who wrote The House on Mango Street?
Who is Sandra Cisneros.
What were 4 of the short stories we read?
Bonus 200 if you can name all of them.
What is "Thank You Ma'am", "The Cask of Amontillado", "On the Sidewalk Bleeding", "A Lamb to Slaughter", "All Summer in a Day", "The Necklace"
Who is the wind god?
Bonus 100 if you can explain why Odysseus's men opened the bag of wind.
What is Aeolus, and because they thought Odysseus was trying to keep the treasure for himself.
Who does Odysseus need to speak to in the land and what does he need to sacrifice to do so?
Who is Tiresias and a lamb.
Who is the first suitor killed by Odysseus?
Who is Antinous.
What are two TOPICS from House on Mango Street?
Bonus 100 if you can name three.
What is identity, womanhood, marriage, community, family, friendships, escape, dreaming, innocence, belonging, heritage, etc.
What was the name of the boy in "Thank you Ma'am"?
What is Roger.
How do Odysseus's men avoid the sirens?
What is beeswax in their ears.
Odysseus is the son of whom?
Who is King Laertes.
What is Penelope's test for the suitors?
What is string a bow (Ody's bow).
How many skinny trees does Esperanza see from her window?
What is 4.
What were the names of the two main characters in "Cask of Amontillado"?
What is Montressor and Fortunado.
How and where did Elpenor die?
What is Elpenor died by getting drunk and falling off Circe's roof on Circe's island.
How long was Odysseus gone for?
Bonus 100 if you can say how long he was lost at sea vs fighting in the Trojan war.
What is 20 years; 10 years fighting the war, 10 years finding his way home.
How does the maid recognize Odysseus?
What is the scar on his leg.
Who goes dancing and meets Geraldo?
Who is Marin.
Who wrote "The Necklace"?
Who is Guy de Maupassant.
Who is King Menelaus of Sparta's brother and how did he die?
Bonus 100 if you know his wife's name.
Who is Agememnon, and had his throat slit by his wife's lover; Clytemnestra.
Who tells Calypso that Odysseus needs to be free?
Who is Hermes.
Who is Eumaeus?
What is the swineherd.
What is Esperanza's younger sister's name?
What is Nenny.
What was the name of the boy that tormented Margot in "All Summer in a Day"?
What is William.