How long has it been since Telemachus has seen his father?
What is 20 years
100
When Odysseus is made young again by Athena, his son Telemachus first believes that the beggar is what?
What is a god
100
What happened to Argos after he saw Odysseus after 20 years?
What is He closes his eyes and dies.
100
After Odysseus shot the arrow, what did his son do?
What is He belted his sword on and clasped a spear, Telemachus stood by his chair next to his father.
100
How did Penelope first receive her husband following the fight? What did she do as she sat across from Odysseus?
What is She sat across from him silently and completely stunned.
200
Why did Odysseus return home as a beggar?
What is suitors were trying to marry Penelope, he was in danger of getting killed by the suitors, beneficial to the suitors that they think he is dead
200
What does Telemachus say to the beggar to show that he respects the beggar as a guest?
What is "Friend, sit down; we'll find another chair in our own hut. Here is the man to make one!"
200
What does the old dog symbolize?
What is loyalty and dedication
200
The suitors who are locked in the hall bear what kinds of weapons?
What is they have no weapons
200
How did Telemachus react to his mother on Odysseus' and Penelope's first interaction?
What is He felt that his mother was being cruel to Odysseus
300
Why was Telemachus away for a year?
What is He was searching for a comrade of Odysseus' who may know if his father is alive or dead.
300
At the beginning of part 2, what does Telemachus ask the swineherd about his mother?
What is has she married someone else since he has been away.
300
What is the test that a suitor must pass in order to win her hand in marriage?
What is string Odysseus' bow, shoot an arrow swiftly through 12 ax sockets.
300
Antinous was what to the suitors? Their.....
What is ringleader
300
What did Penelope say to start the final test to find out if it was the real Odysseus and what was the test?
What is "Make up his bed and place it outside my bedchamber, Odysseus would be the only person that would know about the bed being built into a tree.
400
The servant and swineherd, Eumaeus, represents what it means to be?
What is a loyal and faithful servant
400
At the end of the section titled, "The Meeting of Father and Son," there is a Homeric simile that compares Odysseus' and Telemachus' crying to what?
What is crying of a hawk.
400
How did Odysseus test the loyalty of the cowherd and swineherd?
What is asks them that if Odysseus came back, would they bear arms for him or fight on the side of the suitors?
400
How did Odysseus kill Antinous and how did he do it? Be descriptive!
What is Shot Antinous in the neck while he was drinking from a cup, he feel and knocked over the table.
400
Which of the following character traits of Penelope is best reflected by the following quote, "Strange woman, the immortals of Olympus made you hard, harder than any. Who else in the world would keep aloof as you do from her husband if he returned to her from years of trouble, cast on his own land in the twentieth year." Cautious, Impulsive, Admiring
What is Cautious
500
Odysseus is returned home to Ithaca by what?
What is a swift Phaeacian Ship
500
What kind of relationship does Eumaeus, the swineherd have with Telemachus after this quote, "Going forward, he kissed the young man's hand, while his own tears brimmed and fell."
What is very close, almost like a father-son relationship
500
What were the 3 things that Odysseus told Eumaeus and Philoeteus to do in there plan against the suitors?
What is Eumaeus must bring Odysseus the bow at the right time, they must tell the women to lock their door, Philoeteus must lock and put a crossbar across the outer gate.
500
What happens to the disloyal maids who betrayed the household?
What is Ordered to clean the house, dispose of the dead, and were hung in the courtyard
500
How does Penelope justify the test she gave Odysseus?
What is She told him that she armed herself long ago against the possibility of frauds