Odyssey Test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who wrote the Odyssey? | show 🗑
|
||||
| When was the Odyssey written? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Poseidon hates Odysseus for blinding his Cyclops son Polyphemus
🗑
|
||||
| show | Athena
🗑
|
||||
| show | Her father Zeus
🗑
|
||||
| show | He goes to Pylos and Sparta and visits Nestor and Menelaus.
🗑
|
||||
| show | They are trying to win the hand of Penelope
🗑
|
||||
| What is their real motivation for being there? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | He has the crew put wax in their ears so they can't hear their singing.
🗑
|
||||
| show | Circe tells Odysseus to sacrifice 6 men to Scylla instead of losing his whole ship to Charbydis.
🗑
|
||||
| Does Odysseus follow Circe's advice? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Why did Odysseus dig a pit and fill it with blood? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Achilles, Agamemnon, Tiresias and his mother Anticleia.
🗑
|
||||
| What did Odysseus learn about another Greek king that may have made him afraid to go home? | show 🗑
|
||||
| How does Odysseus lose the last of his crew? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Circe and Tiresias
🗑
|
||||
| What lesson should they have learned on the Cyclopes island? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Who led the crew astray? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Flashbacks
🗑
|
||||
| show | 20 years
🗑
|
||||
| show | 10 years for Trojan War, 7 years with Calypso, 1 year wandering, 1 year returning to Ithaca and 1 year with Circe
🗑
|
||||
| What does Odysseus say his name is to the Cyclops Polyphemus? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | When is being attacked, he says that "Nobody is attacking me" so his friends ignored him.
🗑
|
||||
| show | Rock and Hard Place, The Cyclops, The Sirens and the Cattle of the Sun God
🗑
|
||||
| How does he overcome each of them? | show 🗑
|
||||
| How does Odysseus return to the shores of Ithaca? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Who helps him and what happens to them because of their assistance? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Athena helps him get home by making the suitors fall asleep on their ship and he sails past
🗑
|
||||
| Does Telemachus have assistance in his return from visiting Sparta? | show 🗑
|
||||
| How does Telemachus find out that Odysseus his father has finally returned home? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Why does Odysseus keep his identify hidden from his wife when he first arrives home? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Argus is Odysseus' dog. Describe him and how Odysseus meets him again. | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Telemachus allows him to beg at his palace
🗑
|
||||
| show | He fights Irus. He tries to hold back his punch but still breaks his jaw.
🗑
|
||||
| There are 2 main suitors described by Homer. Who are they and how do they treat Odysseus. | show 🗑
|
||||
| How does a maidservant recognize Odysseus? Does she reveal his secret identity? | show 🗑
|
||||
| What task does Penelope set up for the suitors in order that one may win her hand? Who accomplishes this task? | show 🗑
|
||||
| Describe the preparations Odysseus makes for his battle against the suitors. Who sides with Odysseus? Who is spared and not killed? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | They have to clean up the mess of dead bodies and then they are hung.
🗑
|
||||
| How does Penelope react to seeing her husband after 20 years? | show 🗑
|
||||
| What secret does Odysseus know that proves he is Odysseus and convinces Penelope of his fact? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | They cried like babies.
🗑
|
||||
| show | The memories of the fruit trees and the scar on his leg.
🗑
|
||||
| Why does Odysseus head out with his armor again after finally coming home and killing the suitors? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Zeus and Athena demand it. They have a party.
🗑
|
||||
| How many suitors were killed by Odysseus and his followers? | show 🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
alsweethome
Popular History sets