The Odyssey - Introduction And Books 1 & 2
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- 1.Not a resident of Ithaca:
- A.
Telemachus
- B.
Penelope
- C.
Laertes
- D.
Mentes
- 2.King of all the Greeks, killed by Aegisthus and the adulterous wife, Clytemnestra:
- A.
Menelaus
- B.
Dolon
- C.
Priam
- D.
Agamemnon
- 3.Odysseus thought of this idea to defeat the Trojans:
- A.
Underground tunnel
- B.
Trojan horse
- C.
Naptha (greek fire)
- D.
Disguised self as woman to bribe guards
- 4.Not killed in The Iliad:
- A.
Hector
- B.
Ajax
- C.
Aeneas
- D.
Patroclus
- 5.The bard (author) of this collection of oral stories was:
- A.
Dante
- B.
Shakespeare
- C.
Homer
- D.
Hecuba
- 6.Odysseus was king of this island country:
- A.
Ithaca
- B.
Athens
- C.
Turkey
- D.
Sparta
- E.
Crete
- 7.This is not characteristic of an Epic poem:
- A.
In medias res
- B.
Death of the hero
- C.
Invocation to the muse
- D.
Divine intervention
- E.
Listing of arms and lineage
- F.
Formal speeches
- 8.
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Explain this picture. - 9.To start the war, Paris abducted this wife of Menelaus
- A.
Penelope
- B.
Calypso
- C.
Circe
- D.
Helen
- E.
Clytemnestra
- 10.
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Describe this picture from The Odyssey that depicts a woman with a spool. - 11.There are approximately this many lines of dactyllic hexameter per book in the first two books of The Odyssey:
- A.
200
- B.
500
- C.
1000
- D.
1500
- 12.Not a character in The Iliad which precedes The Odyssey:
- A.
Hector
- B.
Achilles
- C.
Telemachus
- D.
Agamemnon
- E.
Priam
- 13.
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Describe this image from The Iliad that involves an arrow. - 14.Which divinity appears to Odysseus' son in the first book?
- A.
Aphrodite
- B.
Athena
- C.
Poseidon
- D.
Zeus
- 15.Was not in the contest of the "golden apple" judged by Paris:
- A.
Aphrodite
- B.
Leda
- C.
Athena
- D.
Hera
- 16.Not a theme in The Odyssey
- A.
Homecoming
- B.
Forgiveness
- C.
Revenge
- D.
Hospitality
- 17.Approximate age of Telemachus:
- A.
15
- B.
19
- C.
21
- D.
27
- 18.Character not referenced by name in the first four books:
- A.
Laertes
- B.
Polyphemus
- C.
Nestor
- D.
Eurymachus
- 19.Troy is part of what present day country:
- A.
Africa
- B.
Greece
- C.
Albania
- D.
Turkey
- 20.Aegisthus slew this king (and father) before Agamemnon.
- A.
Menelaus
- B.
Hector
- C.
Atreus
- D.
Peleus
- 21.'Rosy fingered dawn" is an example of:
- A.
In medias res
- B.
Epic Simile
- C.
Epithet
- D.
Invocation
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