This quiz focuses on Book 11 of the Odyssey, exploring key events and characters such as Teiresias and Circe. It assesses understanding of the narrative, significant mythological figures, and thematic elements pivotal to ancient Greek literature.
Poseidon
Circe
Zeus
Athena
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Killed by one of the suitors of Odysseus' wife.
Died from mourning of Odysseus over long absence from Ithaca.
Drowned in the ocean by Poseidon in retribution to harming Polyphemus.
Poisoned by messenger sent from Persephoneia.
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He is still spiteful of Odysseus' victory over him for the Arms of Achilles.
He does not notice him .
He is on a mission to escape the Underworld.
He has been spotted stealing from Hades and is in a hurry to get away.
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Elpenor
Achilles
Heracles
Ajax (Aias)
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Queen of the Underworld who disperses the souls.
Comrade of Odysseus.
Blind Theban Prophet with gift of insight from Zeus.
Daughter of Autolycus.
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How to get back to Ithaca.
How his mother died.
That his son seeks him.
That he is being tracked by Polyphemus.
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Poison from Aigisthos, in his favorite wine.
Invited to a feast by his wife and Aigisthos and slaughtered while eating.
Killed by the arrow of a rival King in battle.
Strangled by an assassin of an enemy kingdom.
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She is spiteful because he never returned home.
It is not actually her soul, but a trick being played by Persephoneia.
In the Underworld, Odysseus is invisible because he is living.
She cannot approach him until he has spoken to Teiresias and she has drank the blood.
Heracles
Achilles
Patroclos
Ajax (Aias)
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Try to hug her, but passed right through and fell to the ground.
Run off to his ship because he could not take the sadness.
Devise a plan to escape the Underworld with his mother's soul and return it to her body.
Drop to his knees and cry at his mothers ghostly feet.
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Tell his wife and children that he loves them.
Avenge his death by killing Hades.
Burn him and mound him with the oar he rowed with on their ship.
Bury him in their homeland on his family's property.
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Keep them away from the blood, and they will approach him with truths.
Do not tell them his name, or any of his crew members' names because they might haunt them.
Do not feed them, no matter how much they beg.
If he lets the dead come near the blood, they will tell him what is true; if he refuses, they will go away.
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2 sheep
A farrow cow
A black ram
His best hen
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Honey, water, salt, pepper, stag, chicken
Ram blood, white barley meal, fine wine, champagne, alcohol
Honey, water, milk, rum, fine wine
Honey, milk, fine wine, water, white barley meal
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To sacrifice a farrow cow upon his return to Ithaca.
To slay each of their killers and return with their dead bodies.
That he will have a feast in honor of their souls.
To sacrifice a sheep upon his return to Ithaca.
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Give them a proper funeral and burial.
Burn them for a prayer to Hades and Persephoneia.
Stay clear of them, for they may spread awful disease.
Dump them into the River Styx.
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