The Odyssey Exam Questions With Revised
Answers
Who composed the Odyssey? - answerHomer
Where did Odysseus go to fight the war? - answerTroy
Who is the king to whom Odysseus tells his story beginning the major flashback in Book 9? -
answerAlcinous
Who is the king of Ithaca? - answerOdysseus
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Where did Odysseus go to fight the war? - answer✔✔Troy
Who is the king to whom Odysseus tells his story beginning the major flashback in Book 9? -
answer✔✔Alcinous
Who is the king of Ithaca? - answer✔✔Odysseus
King of the gods - answer✔✔Zeus
goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare - answer✔✔Athena
Odysseus' father - answer✔✔Laertes
Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - answer✔✔Tiresias
Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - answer✔✔Sirens
Herald and messenger of the gods who gives Odysseus a magic herb to help him against Circe -
answer✔✔Hermes
Leader of the suitors - answer✔✔Antinous
Odysseus' wife - answer✔✔Penelope
Odysseus' fatal flaw is - answer✔✔Arrogance, Extreme Pride
Who is Polyphemus' father? - answer✔✔Poseidon
Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus where he lays? - answer✔✔The Cyclops is the only
one strong enough to move the stone that is the barrier to exit the cave
What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus? - answer✔✔Nobody
What does Odysseus shove into Polyphemus' eye? - answer✔✔A wooden spear that has been
heated
How does Odysseus get his men out of the Cyclops' cave? - answer✔✔They hide under the
sheep
What creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing on? -
answer✔✔Laestrygonians
Who is the captain of the winds? - answer✔✔Aeolus
What does Odysseus order his men to do when they reach the island of the sun god? -
answer✔✔He orders them to NOT eat the cattle no matter how tempting it may be
Who was the man that persuaded Odysseus' men to eat the cattle? - answer✔✔Eurylochus
Why does Odysseus not stop his men from eating the cattle of the sun god? - answer✔✔He is
asleep
Why does Penelope test Odysseus with the details of their bed? - answer✔✔To prove that he's
really Odysseus and not an imposter.
Which god hates Odysseus? - answer✔✔Poseidon because he blinded Polyphemus.
Which god helps out Odysseus? - answer✔✔Athena
Why does Homer refer to the Muse in the first line? What is this called? - answer✔✔To inspire
his storytelling. This is the INVOCATION.
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the BEGINNING of the "Cyclops" episode? -
answer✔✔curiosity
What virtue does Polyphemus NOT exhibit to his guests? - answer✔✔hospitality
Odysseus' major epic hero trait during the Cyclops episode is - answer✔✔intelligence
What is Odysseus' tragic flaw at the END of the Cyclops episode? - answer✔✔excessive
pride/arrogance (taunting the Cyclops and telling him his real name)
How and why does Athena disguise Odysseus? - answer✔✔Athena disguises him as an old,
homeless man so he can surprise the suitors at his house.
Who are the two "leaders" of the suitors? - answer✔✔Antinous and Eurymachus
Which suitor does Odysseus kill first and how? - answer✔✔Odysseus kills Antinous first with an
arrow through the neck.
What does Eurymachus say to save his life? - answer✔✔Eurymachus pins all the blame on
Antinous, pleads everyone else's freedom, and promises to repay what they took.
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