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What god aids Odysseus?
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Zeus
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Who changes Odysseus into a beggar?
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Athena
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Who keeps Odysseus a prisoner
for seven years?
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Calypso
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Whom does Homer call on to
help tell his story?
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The Muse
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Who changes Odysseus’s men
into pigs ?
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Circe
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Which suitor does Odysseus kill
first?
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Antinous
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Who was Odysseus’s wife?
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Penelope
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What does Odysseus put in his
men’s ears to keep out the sound
of the sirens?
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wax
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Who asks Odysseus to give him
a proper burial?
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Elpenor
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Who gives Odysseus a bag of
winds?
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Aeolus
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What monster sucks down sea
water three times a day?
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Charybdis
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What convention is used to
escape from the Cyclops’ cave?
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The number 3- he ties three
sheep together
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How many heads does Scylla
have?
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six
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What is the son of Poseidon
called?
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Polyphemus
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In addition to anger, the Cyclops
showed ________when he
realized that Odysseus had
outsmarted him.
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incredulity
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Where does the Phaeacian ship
take Odysseus?
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Ithaca
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Who would you visit and where
would you visit him/her if you
wanted your future foretold?
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Tiresias/ Land of the Dead
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Where can you go to forget your
troubles and woes?
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The Land of the Lotus Eaters
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What is the name of the epic
poem that tells of the battle of
Troy?
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The Iliad
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Who shows “Greek style”
hospitality to Odysseus when he
shows up at his hut dressed as a
beggar?
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Eumaeus, his old & faithful
swineherd
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How many axes must the
suitors shoot through?
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twelve
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What convention is “Zeus, the
son of Cronos” called?
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patronymics
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Odysseus begins his story half
way into it. What is that called?
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In medias res
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Who recognizes Odysseus first?
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His dog, Argus
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What is the prayer called which
traditionally opens an epic?
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Invocation to the Muse
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