Open Book Quiz on The Odyssey, “The Return of Odysseus”
1. Who gets Odysseus home?
2. How many years has Odysseus been gone from his home?
3. Who is he staying with and what is this person’s job?
4. What are Penelope’s suitors planning on doing to Telemachus?
5. Where has Telemachus journeyed in his search for information about his father’s
whereabouts?
6. Who disguises Odysseus as a beggar?
7. When Athena greets Odysseus in the beginning, what epic epithet does she use?
8. What does dissemble mean?
9. What does Telemachus think Odysseus is after he is transformed from a beggar?
10. What epic epithet does Odysseus use in reference to Athena when he is explaining his
presence to Telemachus?
11. Where are the treasures Odysseus brought home with him hidden?
12. Why does Telemachus doubt that Odysseus and he can overcome Penelope’s suitors?
13. What is the epic epithet given to Telemachus?
14. What disguise will Odysseus take when he goes to his palace?
15. How is Telemachus supposed to answer the men who make fun of Odysseus in disguise?
16. What is Telemachus’ part of the plan concerning the arms in the courtyard?
17. What secret does Odysseus make Telemachus swear to keep, and especially from whom?
18. Bonus—paraphrase the epic simile used to describe the reunion between Odysseus and
Telemachus.