“The Odyssey” DVD Viewing Guide – 50 Questions
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CHARACTER MATCHING:
a) Hero in Trojan War
b) Odysseus’s wife
c) King of Ithaca
d) Goddess of Wisdom
e) Asks Odysseus to join the war
1. Odysseus
2. Penelope
3. Athena
4. Agamemnon
5. Achilles
a) Leader of the suitors
b) Blind prophet in the Underworld
c) Wants to avenge his father
d) Penelope & Telemachus’s loyal servant
e) Goddess; keeps Odysseus for her pleasure
6. Telemachus
7. Eurymachus
8. Tiresias
9. Eurycleia
10. Calypso
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SYMBOL MATCHING:
a) Athena
b) Trickery, defeat
c) Revenge, victory
d) Poseidon
e) Life
11. Trojan Horse
12. Sea
13. Bow
14. Helmet
15. Tree
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TRUE/FALSE: Mark “A” for True and “B” for False
EXPOSITION:
16. The exposition of the story is the birth of Telemachus
17. A tree grows in the middle of the home of Odysseus and Penelope
18. Athena is Odysseus’s protector
RISING ACTION:
19. Odysseus tricks King Prium with his “gift of surrender,” a solid gold lamp
20. Penelope tells Anticleia, “You have a heart of gold.”
21. Polyphemus does not welcome Odysseus and his men into his home
22. Odysseus taunts Polyphemus and tells him his real name
23. Aelous gives Odysseus a gift of 12 flasks of wine
24. The crew lands on an island where Circe turns men into animals
25. While with Circe, Odysseus dreams of home and Penelope
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct letter to complete each question
26. What was the proof that Odysseus had been there that long?
a) His beard
b) His mirror
c) His boat
27. Circe tells Odysseus, “You were given your men back, yet you lingered in my:
a) Kitchen
b) Bed
c) Hot tub
28. Tiresias is a blind prophet who lives in:
a) The Underworld
b) Olympus
c) Ithaca
“The Odyssey” DVD Viewing Guide, side 2
29. Odysseus takes this into the Underworld to offer as a sacrifice:
a) A kid
b) A ram
c) His son
30. Who does Odysseus run into the Underworld that he knows from Ithaca:
a) His dad
b) His wife
c) His mom
31. Penelope promises to choose a suitor after she weaves:
a) A scarf
b) A baby blanket
c) A shroud
32. How many survive the attacks by Scylla and Charybdis?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 6
33. Odysseus tells Calypso, “It’s Real – my men, my brothers, they’re all _________.”
a) Lost
b) Alive
c) Immortal
34. Telemachus asks the Assembly for a _____________.
a) House
b) Ship
c) Guide
35. Athena instructs Telemachus to go to:
a) Troy
b) Rome
c) Sparta
36. After Hermes instructs Calypso to let Odysseus go, she provides wood for a:
a) Home
b) Raft
c) Fire
37. Melanthe reveals the secret of Penelope unraveling the shroud each night to:
a) Eurymachus
b) Telemachus
c) Athena
38. Menelaus tells Telemachus that the only reason his father would not have returned was:
a) Jail
b) Death
c) War
39. What does Poseidon want from Odysseus?
a) For him to suffer b) His life
c) His son
40. Poseidon tells Odysseus, “Without __________, man is nothing.”
a) Me
b) Gods
c) Prayer
41. Does Alcinous figure out who Odysseus is?
a) Yes
b) No
c) It’s unclear
42. How does Telemachus know that he is really his father?
a) His smile
b) A birthmark
c) He tells of Telemachus’s birth
43. Why doesn’t Odysseus rush home?
a) He’s lost
b) The suitors
c) He can’t see
44. Athena transforms Odysseus into a ____________ to help him find answers:
a) Beggar
b) Swineherd
c) Statue
45. Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus by:
a) His eyes
b) His voice
c) A scar
CLIMAX:
46. Penelope’s plan to choose a suitor involves a contest with Odysseus’s:
a) Bow
b) Sword
c) Birthday
47. Who completes the contest successfully?
a) Eurymachus
b) Telemachus
c) Odysseus
FALLING ACTION:
48. Odysseus and Penelope are reunited under their:
a) Canopy
b) Tree
c) Rainbow
49. How long was Odysseus gone?
a) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) 25 years
RESOLUTION:
50. Odysseus tells Penelope, “There’s nothing as beautiful as a man’s __________. You’re my
world.”
a) Wife
b) Home
c) Family
--The End—
“The Odyssey” DVD Viewing Guide – 50 Questions – ANSWER KEY
CHARACTER MATCHING:
b) Hero in Trojan War
b) Odysseus’s wife
c) King of Ithaca
d) Goddess of Wisdom
e) Asks Odysseus to join the war
1. Odysseus - c
2. Penelope - b
3. Athena – d
4. Agamemnon - e
5. Achilles - a
b) Leader of the suitors
b) Blind prophet in the Underworld
c) Wants to avenge his father
d) Penelope & Telemachus’s loyal servant
e) Goddess; keeps Odysseus for her pleasure
6. Telemachus - c
7. Eurymachus - a
8. Tiresias - b
9. Eurycleia - d
10. Calypso - e
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SYMBOL MATCHING:
b) Athena
b) Trickery, defeat
c) Revenge, victory
d) Poseidon
e) Life
11. Trojan Horse - b
12. Sea - d
13. Bow - c
14. Helmet - a
15. Tree - e
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TRUE/FALSE: Mark “A” for True and “B” for False
EXPOSITION:
16. The exposition of the story is the birth of Telemachus - T
17. A tree grows in the middle of the home of Odysseus and Penelope - T
18. Athena is Odysseus’s protector - T
RISING ACTION:
19. Odysseus tricks King Prium with his “gift of surrender,” a solid gold lamp – F, Trojan Horse
20. Penelope tells Anticleia, “You have a heart of gold.” – F, heart of stone
21. Polyphemus does not welcome Odysseus and his men into his home - T
22. Odysseus taunts Polyphemus and tells him his real name - T
23. Aelous gives Odysseus a gift of 12 flasks of wine – F, bag of winds
24. The crew lands on an island where Circe turns men into animals - T
25. While with Circe, Odysseus dreams of home and Penelope - T
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct letter to complete each question
26. What was the proof that Odysseus had been there that long?
b) His beard
b) His mirror
c) His boat
27. Circe tells Odysseus, “You were given your men back, yet you lingered in my:
b) Kitchen
b) Bed
c) Hot tub
28. Tiresias is a blind prophet who lives in:
b) The Underworld b) Olympus
c) Ithaca
“The Odyssey” DVD Viewing Guide – ANSWER KEY, side 2
29. Odysseus takes this into the Underworld to offer as a sacrifice:
b) A kid
b) A ram
c) His son
30. Who does Odysseus run into the Underworld that he knows from Ithaca:
b) His dad
b) His wife
c) His mom
31. Penelope promises to choose a suitor after she weaves:
b) A scarf
b) A baby blanket
c) A shroud
32. How many survive the attacks by Scylla and Charybdis? (Helios’s cattle not in DVD…)
b) 0
b) 1
c) 6
33. Odysseus tells Calypso, “It’s Real – my men, my brothers, they’re all _________.”
b) Lost
b) Alive
c) Immortal
34. Telemachus asks the Assembly for a _____________.
b) House
b) Ship
c) Guide
35. Athena instructs Telemachus to go to:
b) Troy
b) Rome
c) Sparta
36. After Hermes instructs Calypso to let Odysseus go, she provides wood for a:
b) Home
b) Raft
c) Fire
37. Melanthe reveals the secret of Penelope unraveling the shroud each night to:
b) Eurymachus
b) Telemachus
c) Athena
38. Menelaus tells Telemachus that the only reason his father would not have returned was:
b) Jail
b) Death
c) War
39. What does Poseidon want from Odysseus?
b) For him to suffer b) His life
c) His son
40. Poseidon tells Odysseus, “Without __________, man is nothing.”
b) Me
b) Gods
c) Prayer
41. Does Alcinous figure out who Odysseus is?
b) Yes
b) No
c) It’s unclear
42. How does Telemachus know that he is really his father?
b) His smile
b) A birthmark
c) He tells of Telemachus’s birth
43. Why doesn’t Odysseus rush home?
b) He’s lost
b) The suitors
c) He can’t see
44. Athena transforms Odysseus into a ____________ to help him find answers:
b) Beggar
b) Swineherd
c) Statue
45. Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus by:
b) His eyes
b) His voice
c) A scar
CLIMAX:
46. Penelope’s plan to choose a suitor involves a contest with Odysseus’s:
b) Bow
b) Sword
c) Birthday
47. Who completes the contest successfully?
b) Eurymachus
b) Telemachus
c) Odysseus
FALLING ACTION:
48. Odysseus and Penelope are reunited under their:
b) Canopy
b) Tree
c) Rainbow
49. How long was Odysseus gone?
b) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) 25 years
RESOLUTION:
50. Odysseus tells Penelope, “There’s nothing as beautiful as a man’s __________. You’re my
world.”
b) Wife
b) Home
c) Family
--The End--