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What is the name of Odysseus' home?

Ithaca

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What is "The Odyssey" about?
The hero Odysseus attempting to return to Ithaca after the Trojan War
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The protagonist and hero of the poem is?
Odysseus
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The "much-enduring" wife of Odysseus and the patient mother of Telemachus is named________.
Penelope
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Odysseus' son. A mere child when his father left for the Trojan War.
Telemachus
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Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?
Troy
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Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?
The Lotus Plant
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Why does Odysseus blind Cyclops rather than kill him?
Only Cyclops can move the boulder blocking the cave.
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Why does Poseidon despise Odysseus?
Odysseus blinded his son.
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Who did Odysseus meet in the underworld?

his mom, Tiresius, Elpenor

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Who transforms Odysseus’s sailors into pigs?
Circe
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Circe warns that men who listen to the songs of the Sirens will
be killed/eaten by the Sirens.
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How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?
He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast.
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Odysseus does not warn his crew about Scylla because he thinks they would

panic and endanger the entire ship

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What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage?
The cattle of the Sun
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The two goddesses with whom Odysseus has extended affairs
Circe and Calypso
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Who is the author of "The Odyssey"?

Homer

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This is Odysseus' wife.

Who is Penelope?

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This goddess assists Odysseus multiple times on his journey. 

Athena

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In Penelope’s archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?
12