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  • 1. 

    Odysseus had summoned the dead with sheep’s blood.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    E. Verb phrase
  • 2. 

    Persephone, the queen of the underworld, talked to Odysseus.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 3. 

    Odysseus was angered by Circe turning his men into pigs.  

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Adverb phrase
  • 4. 

    Eating the lotus, Odysseus’ shipmates began to forget about home.  

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    C. Participial phrase
  • 5. 

    Odysseus, a leader of wayward men, had to return to Aelous.  

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 6. 

    Pouring the blood into the well pit, Odysseus waited for a sign.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Adverb phrase
  • 7. 

    Penelope, wife of Odysseus, was pressured by many suitors.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Adverb phrase
  • 8. 

    Athena was trusted by Odysseus.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Adverb phrase
  • 9. 

    Odysseus, man of pain, was brought to the joyless kingdom.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 10. 

    Realizing his situation, Odysseus knew he had to find land.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    C. Participial phrase
  • 11. 

    “But I took a skin of wine along.”  (Fagles, p. 217, l. 218)

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective phrase
  • 12. 

    “But I took a skin of wine along.”  (Fagles, p. 217, l. 218)

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective phrase
  • 13. 

    Poseidon, the sea god, created a storm to halt Odysseus’ journey.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 14. 

    Odysseus was held by the forceful Calypso.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Adverb phrase
  • 15. 

    Telemachus will be looking for his father.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    E. Verb phrase
  • 16. 

    Traveling in the seas to home, Odysseus was shipwrecked by Poseidon.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    C. Participial phrase
  • 17. 

    Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, was held on the island of Calypso for many years.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 18. 

    Odysseus, the father of Telemachus, is trying to reach home.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective phrase
  • 19. 

    Athena, the goddess of wisdom, assisted Odysseus.

    • A.

      Adjective phrase

    • B.

      Adverb phrase

    • C.

      Participial phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    D. Appositive phrase
  • 20. 

    Drinking the nectar, nobody talks to the Cyclops.

    • A.

      Adverb phrase

    • B.

      Participial phrase

    • C.

      Adjective phrase

    • D.

      Appositive phrase

    • E.

      Verb phrase

    Correct Answer
    B. Participial phrase

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