Some of these questions are rather obscure, and would only appear in the Extra Credit Section. I've tried to give the more obscure questions in red.
1. Which of the following Greek heroes rapes Cassandra and is destroyed by Poseidon?
2. Which of the following Greek heroes wanders for seven years and is told how to get home by Nereus?
3. Which of the following Greek Heroes does not end up in Southern Italy?
4. The fact that so many Greek heroes end up in Southern Italy is best explained by
| 5. What is the name of Odysseus' son in the Odyssey? |
| 6.Where is Odysseus from? |
| 7. What is the name of the goddess who is holding Odysseus captive at the beginning of the Odyssey? |
8. Which of the following figures of folktale and myth does not contribute much to the character of Odysseus in the Odyssey?
| 9. The god (or goddess) who gives special help to Odysseus and Telemachus is? |
10. What young Greek hero does Athena compare Telemachus to -- unfavorably?
11. When Telemachus is going off on his adventure to find his father and gain adult status, which Greek hero does he first visit at his palace?
12. Whom does Telemachus visit next?
13. The god that tries to destroy Odysseus as he leaves Calypso's island is
14. The fact that Odysseus leaves Calypso's island points to what significant point
that
(I think) Homer is trying to make?
15. Which of the following heroes prove the truth of the point above, as Telemachus can observe?
| 16. The name of the princess with whom (in part) Odysseus plays the role of the shipwrecked sailor of folktale? |
17. Which of the following is not a part of Odysseus regaining his idenity among the Phaecians?
| 18. The king of the Phaecians is called: |
| 19. The one-eyed monsters who threaten Odysseus are called: |
20. Which of the following descriptions does not, in some way, fit Circe?
| 21. The people whose special food makes sailors forget their homecoming are called |
| 22. The creatures who lure ships to the rocks with their song are called? |
23. Which of the follows does Odysseus not meet in the underworld?
| 24. In the first narrated adventure, Odysseus' men attack the __________, who later surprise them. |
| 25. The people who sink all but one of Odysseus' ships are the |
26. What gift did Aeolus give Odysseus?
27. To which of the following does Odysseus say that his name is Noman?
28. Which of the following sorts of knowledge does Odysseus not get while in the Underworld?
29. Which of the following is not a danger faced by Odysseus in his wanderings after he leaves Troy?
30. Which of the following does Odysseus not reunite with in Ithaca?
31. The cattle that Odysseus' men eat belong to which god?
| 32. What is the name of the dog that recognizes Odysseus, and then dies? |
33. What causes Euryclea to recognize Odysseus?
34. Odysseus returns to his palace disguised as
35. To determine whom she shall marry, Penelope proposes a test involving
36. When Odysseus has killed the suitors and makes himself known to Penelope,
does she
immediately greet him eagerly?
37. Penelope tricks Odysseus:
40. Who is Autolycus?
41. At the very end (as we have it) of the Odyssey:
42. Which of the following is probably not a major lesson of the Odyssey?
43. Odysseus got the identifying scar on his leg:
44. The name Autolycus gave to Odysseus seems derived from the Greek verb that means:
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