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ODYSSEY PART I, SPRING 2012

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WHO IS POLYPHEMUS' FATHER?POSEIDON
WHO HELPED ODYSSEUS AFTER HIS RAFT WAS DESTROYED?ATHENA
HOW DOES ODYSSEUS DEFEAT POLYPHEMUS?BY LYING TO HIM ABOUT HIS SHIP AND HIS NAME, GETTING HIM DRUNK, AND BLINDING HIM.
WHICH SHIPMATE OF ODYSSEUS WAS THE ONLY MAN WHO DID NOT TRUST CIRCE?EURYLOCHUS
WHICH GOD OWNS THE IMMORTAL CATTLE?HELIOS
WHO IS THE GOD OF THE WIND?AEOLUS
HOW MANY MEN DID SCYLLA EAT?6
TRUE OR FALSE: ODYSSEUS REACHED HOME IN PART I.FALSE
ODYSSEUS IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING THESE TWO TRAITS.BRAINS AND BRAWN
WHAT DOES ODYSSEUS TELL POLYPHEMUS HIS NAME IS?NOHBDY
WHERE DOES CIRCE SEND ODYSSEUS FOR INFORMATION?THE LAND OF THE DEAD
WHAT DOES AEOLUS GIVE ODYSSEUS?A BAG CONTAINING ALL THE WINDS EXCEPT THE WEST WIND
CALPSO IS DESCRIBED AS ANYMPH
WHICH IS PLURAL? CYCLOPES OR CYCLOPSCYCLOPES
HOW MANY MEN DID THE CYCLOPS EAT?6
WHAT DID ODYSSEUS' CREW PUT IN THEIR EARS TO ESCAPE THE SIRENS?BEESWAX
WHY ARE HELIOS' KINE SO SPECIAL?THEY NEVER REPRODUCE, AND THEY NEVER DIE.
HOW DOES ODYSSEUS' CREW DIE?THE DROWN WHEN ZEUS SENDS A THUNDERBOLT TO DESTROY THE SHIP AFTER THEY EAT HELIOS' CATTLE.
EXPLAIN WHY ODYSSEUS DOESN'T KILL THE CYCLOPS THE FIRS TIME HE HAS A CHANCE.THE DOOR IS A SOLID SLAB OF ROCK, AND THE MEN ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO OPEN IT.
WHO IS THE LEAD GOD?ZEUS
HOW MANY YEARS DID THE TROJAN WAR LAST.10
WHY ARE THE LOTUS FLOWERS SUCH A THREAT?THE MEN WHO EAT THEM WILL FORGET ABOUT HOME; THUS, ODYSSEUS COULD LOSE HIS CREW.
HOW DID THE GREEKS WIN THE WAR?ODYSSEUS CREATED THE TROJAN HORSE AND USED IT TO GET INSIDE THE CITY.
WHO WAS THE SUN GOD?HELIOS
WHICH GOD DESTROYED ODYSSEUS' SHIP?ZEUS
WHICH GOD DESTROYED ODYSSEUS' RAFT?POSEIDON
HOW MANY LEGS DID SCYLLA HAVE?12
WHAT DID HERMES GIVE ODYSSEUS TO HELP HIM DEFEAT CIRCE?MOLY
WHAT IS MOLY?A PLANT, POSSIBLY A TYPE OF GARLIC, THAT WILL WEAKEN CIRCE'S POWERS.
WHEN ODYSSEUS GOES TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD, THE PROPHET TELLS HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM WHAT?THRINAKIA, THE ISLAND WHERE HELIOS' CATTLE LIVE. HE ALSO TELLS ODYSSEUS THAT HIS MEN WILL DIE IF THE HARM THE CATTLE.
WHAT ARE KINE?CATTLE
WHAT ARE BEEVES?CATTLE
WHY DID ODYSSEUS TELL THE CYCLOPS HIS NAME WAS NOHBDY?TO TRICK THE CYCLOPS. WHEN THE OTHER CYCLOPES HEARD POLYPHEMUS' CRIES, THEY ASKED HIM WHO HURT HIM. WHEN HE SAID NOHBDY, THEY LEFT.
HOW DO ODYSSEUS' MEN ESCAPE THE CYCLOPS?ODYSSEUS TIES 3 SHEEP ABREAST, AND EACH MAN IS THEN TIED UNDERNEATH THE SHEEP.
TRUE OR FALSE: ODYSSEUS IS THE SON OF LAERTES.TRUE
WHAT DOES ODYSSEUS GIVE POLYPHEMUS?WINE FROM APOLLO'S GROVES
WHY DID ODYSSEUS CHOOSE TO GO TO SCYLLA INSTEAD OF CHARYBDIS?GOING TO SCYLLA MEANT LOSING 6 MEN; GOING TO CHARYBDIS RISKED LOSING EVERYONE.
TRUE OR FALSE: IT IS ODYSSEUS' CURIOSITY AND ARROGANCE THAT GET HIM IN TROUBLE WITH THE CYCLOPS.TRUE
WHY DID ZEUS SEND A THUNDERBOLT TO DESTROY ODYSSEUS' MEN?AFTER THE MEN KILLED HELIOS' CATTLE, HELIOS THREATENED TO TAKE THE SUN TO THE UNDERWORLD UNLESS ZEUS KILLED THE MEN.
WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT MAKES ODYSSEUS WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SIRENS?HIS CURIOSITY
HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE ODYSSEUS TO GET HOME?10
WHO IS THE MESSENGER GOD?HERMES
WHO IS ODYSSEUS' WIFE?PENELOPE
WHO IS THE GODDESS OF WISDOM?ATHENA
TRUE OR FALSE: ALCINOUS IS THE KING OF PHAEACIA.TRUE
WHO PUT TELEMACHUS IN FRONT OF THE PLOW?AGAMEMNON AND MENELAEUS
WHO IS THE BLIND PROPHET?TEIRESIAS
WHO GUARDED HELIOS' CATTLE?LAMPETIA
WHAT ARE HARPIES?MONSTERS WHO ARE HALF BIRD AND HALF WOMAN. THEY ARE GREEDY FOR VICTIMS.
HOW MANY BOWLS OF WINE DID POLYPHEMUS DRINK?3
WHERE IS ODYSSEUS' HOME?ITHACA
WHO IS POSEIDON'S WIFE?AMPHITRITE
TRUE OR FALSE: SOME OF ODYSSEUS' MEN DID NOT SURVIVE THE SIRENS' MUSIC.FALSE
WHO WAS THE KING OF TROY?PRIAM
TRUE OR FALSE: HECTOR WAS MARRIED TO HELEN.FALSE
WHAT DID SCYLLA SOUND LIKE?A NEWBORN WHELP'S CRY
WHAT IS A LUGGER?A TYPE OF SAILBOAT
WHO KEEPS ODYSSEUS FOR SEVEN YEARS?CALYPSO
TO WHOM IS ODYSSEUS TELLING THIS STORY?KING ALCINOUS AND HIS COURT
WHY DOES ODYSSEUS GO ASHORE ON THRINAKIA?TO PRAY TO THE GODS FOR HELP
WHAT DO THE GODS DO TO ODYSSEUS WHILE IS HIS ON THRINAKIA?THEY MAKE HIM SLEEP.
WHAT DO ODYSSEUS' MEN DO WHEN HE GOES ASHORE ON THRINAKIA?THEY KILL AND EAT HELIOS' CATTLE.
WHICH OF ODYSSEUS' MEN CONVINCES THE OTHERS TO EAT HELIOS' CATTLE?EURYLOCHUS
WHICH ITHACAN GOES SEARCHING FOR ODYSSEUS?TELEMACHUS


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