The Odyssey: Book 9

Lotus Eaters

100

(A) two (B) eight (C) twelve (D) thirty

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

200

(A) Lotus (B) Poppy (C) Lethe-root (D) Hemlock

Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?

300

(A) As a beggar (B) As Antinous (C) As Mentor (D) As Mephistopheles

How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey?

400

(A) The master of the winds (B) Penelope’s chief suitor (C) The Cyclops (D) Odysseus’s old dog

Who is Argos?

500

(A) Telemachus (B) King Alcinous (C) Nausicaa (D) Circe

Who first finds Odysseus on the island of Scheria?

The Cyclone

100

(A) Melantho (B) Penelope (C) Circe (D) Helen

Who has an affair with Eurymachus?

200

(A) Pylos (B) Argos (C) Athens (D) Sparta

Menelaus is king of which city?

300

(A) A scar on his leg (B) His cunning (C) The sound of his voice (D) His “noble bearing”

Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature?

400

(A) He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast. (B) Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him. (C) He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens’ island. (D) He isn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the ship passes the Sirens’ island.

How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?

500

(A) Laertes (B) Polyphemus (C) Elpenor (D) Achilles

Who begs Odysseus to bury him?

I'm Laertes Son

100

(A) Grief (B) Drowning (C) Old age (D) Starvation

Of what did Odysseus’s mother die?

200

(A) Early thirties (B) Early teens (C) Early twenties (D) Late forties

How old is Telemachus at the start of the epic?

300

(A) They are hanged. (B) They are forgiven. (C) They are whipped. (D) They are dismissed from the palace

What happens to the disloyal maids after they clean the blood from the great hall?

400

(A) The eagle of the Moon (B) The serpent of the Seas (C) The cattle of the Sun (D) The badger of the Mountains

What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage?

500

(A) Eumaeus (B) Odysseus (C) Telemachus (D) Laertes

Who kills Antinous’s father?