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Quiz over Book 9 of The Odyssey
1. Odysseus traveled from Ithaca which was an island in what is now known as
a. Germany
b. France
c. Greece
2. Odysseus spent 10 years fighting
a. Cicones
b. Sea pirates
3. The Trojan War was in
a. Turkey
b. Greece
c. Trojans
c. Libya
4. Odysseus is the one who thought up the idea of
a. Kidnapping Helen
b. The Trojan Horse c. The Trojan War
5. Odysseus sails in
a. The Atlantic Ocean b. The Indian Ocean
c. The Mediterranean Sea d. The Pacific Ocean
6. What do Odysseus and his men do after they win the Trojan War?
a. They celebrate with the Cicones
b. They wage war against the Cicones.
c. They marry beautiful Trojan women and settle in Troy.
7. The temptation on the Land of the Lotus Eaters was
a. Drugs
b. sex
c. eating too much
8. How did Odysseus overcome this temptation?
a. He got his men out of the environment
b. He got help from wise men
c. He talked the men into realizing their mistake
9. What was their temptation occurred on the Island of the Cyclopes?
a. Stealing
b. Drinking c. Drugs
d. Women
10. What did Odysseus and his men want from the Cyclops?
a. Power
b. food
c. wine
11. Where did Polyphemus, the Cyclops, live?
a. In a cave
b. In a large castle
c. In a magical lake on Ithaca
12. What kind of animal did Polyphemus live with?
a. Rabbits
b. Sheep and/or goats
c. Snakes
Please turn over
13. How many eyes does a Cyclops have?
a. 10
b. 2 c. 1
14. What name did Odysseus tell Polyphemus his name was?
a. Zeus b. Nohbody c. Odd Man
15. What are two things we learned about Cyclops? They are…
a. cannibals and stupid
b. giants and good swimmers
c. loud but very polite
16. How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops?
a. They got him to fall into a dark pit
b. They blinded him
c. They put poison in his wine
17. What fatal flaw has Odysseus shown?
a. Arrogance
b. laziness
c. over-eating
18. Circle what Polyphemus, the Cyclops, asks Poseidon to do to Odysseus.
a. If Odysseus makes it back home, make it take a long, long time without his men
or ship.
b. Make sure that Odysseus suffers, loses all his men and dies a painful death.
c. Bind, blind and cripple him.
19. The Cyclopes, who don’t believe in having rules or laws, are know as
a. the original free, peace-loving hippies
b. anarchists
c. having the ultimate kind of democracy
20. What are 3 characteristics of Odysseus that have been displayed so far?
a. Curious, risk-taker, and very clever
b. Good-looking, strong and humble
c. Smart, dishonest and devoted to returning home as fast as possible
21. Which one of the following is one of Odysseus’s mistakes?
a. He told the Cyclops, Polyphemus, his name.
b. He had Polyphemus drink the good wine.
c. He killed Polyphemus’s sheep.