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Review Packet 4th Quarter Assessment
Directions: Based on The Odyssey, answer the following questions by selecting the best
response.
Reading for Literary Experience:
1. Odysseus is hesitant to return home because
A.
B.
C.
D.
he does not know if Penelope still loves him.
he has heard about the suitors and wants revenge.
he has heard the suitors killed Telemachus.
he has no riches or trophies from his battle.
2. Polyphemus gets no help from his brother Cyclops because
A.
B.
C.
D.
they are an uncivilized race and do not help each other.
the other Cyclops are jealous of Polyphemus as the son of Poseidon.
he calls out that “nobody” has hurt him.
The other Cyclops are out in the fields with their sheep.
3. The climax of The Odyssey occurs when
A.
B.
C.
D.
Polyphemus asks Poseidon to prevent Odysseus from retuning home.
Hermes helps Odysseus out smart the enchantress Circe.
Odysseus loses all his men when they let the winds out of the bag.
Odysseus kills all of the suitors and is reunited with Penelope.
4. Which of the following best expresses the story’s main idea?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Brain over Braun
Might Makes Right
Each man for himself
Respect the Gods
Vocabulary
5. Choose the best antonym for “potent” as it is used in the following sentence.
This wine is so potent that it should be diluted with twenty parts of spring water.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Strong
Weak
Fresh
Sour
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6. Choose the best synonym for “ cudgel” as it is used in the following sentence.
Polyphemus had left a great cudgel of olive wood lying in the cave, so big that it could
have served as the mast of a ship.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heavy stick
Twig
Bundle
Spear
7. Choose the sentence in which the word “boot” has the most similar meaning.
Mrs. Demos will boot the next person who talks out of the room.
A.
B.
C.
D.
You might ruin your boot if you step in the mud.
Too may parking tickets and you will get the boot.
New army recruits go to boot camp.
The coach will boot you off the team for being late.
Content
8. Read the following passage from the story.
"I spoke as movingly as I could, but they said nothing, till their father answered, 'Vilest of
mankind, get you gone at once out of the island; him whom heaven hates will I in no wise help.
Be off, for you come here as one abhorred of heaven. "And with these words he sent me
sorrowing from his door.”
Based on this passage the tone can be described as one of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Emotion
Anger
Sorrow
Fear
9. Identify the literary element in the following sentence.
“Her mind in torment, wheeling like some lion at bay, dreading the gangs of hunters
closing their cunning ring around him for the finish.” (This is Penelope being hounded by the
suitors.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
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Writing
10. Which sentence illustrates the correct placement of the modifiers “ sharp and fiery”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
So we seized our stake and bored it, sharp and fiery, round and round in the giant's eye.
So we seized our stake and bored it round and round in the giant’s eye, sharp and fiery.
So we seized our stake, sharp and fiery, and bored it round and round in the giant's eye.
So we seized our stake and bored it round and round, sharp and fiery, in the giant’s eye.
11.Read the following paragraph.
Telemachus is Odysseus’ son. Telemachus is not strong enough to deal with the suitors.
Athena helps Telemachus. Athena protects Telemachus from the suitors.
Which of the following is the best revision of the above paragraph?
A. Athena protects Telemachus and she helps him. He is not strong enough to deal with the
suitors. He is Odysseus’ son.
B. Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, is not strong enough to deal with the suitors. Eventually,
Athena helps Telemachus and protects him from the suitors.
C. Athena protects Odysseus’s son, Telemachus, from the suitors. He is not strong enough
to deal with them and needs her help.
D. Telemachus needs Athena’s help and protection. He is Odysseus’s son. He is not strong
enough to deal with the suitors.
Language
12. Which sentence contains a compound subject and compound verb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Calypso and Circe both detain and love Odysseus.
Athena helps and protects Telemachus and Odysseus.
Poseidon, angry and vengeful, prevents Odysseus from going home.
Odysseus and Telemachus kill all the suitors.
13. Which item best combines the sentences below to form a compound sentence?
The clever Odysseus blinds Polyphemus.
Polyphemus calls on Poseidon for revenge.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Since the clever Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, he calls on Poseidon for revenge.
The clever Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, so he calls on Poseidon for revenge.
Polyphemus calls on Poseidon for revenge since the clever Odysseus blinds him.
The clever Odysseus blinds Polyphemus, he calls on Poseidon for revenge.
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14. Chose the sentence that illustrates the correct use of an infinitive phrase.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Odysseus understood to well the peril he is in.
All Odysseus really wants is to go home.
Before he goes home he must go to Hades.
Too many years have passed since he saw Ithica.
15. Identify the word that is modified by the participial phrase “running to Penelope”.
Odysseus, running to Penelope, has tears of joy in his eyes because he is finally home.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tears
Odysseus
Home
Joy
16. Read the following sentence from The Odyssey.
Quickly his right hand plucked the string to test its pitch and under his touch it
__________ out clear and sharp as a swallow's cry.
Which verb choice correctly completes the sentence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sings
Sung
Sang
Song
17. Odysseus can best be described as a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Flat Character
Minor Character
18. A possible theme of the Odyssey is
A.
B.
C.
D.
The importance of being polite
The power of cunning over strength
The importance of sacrifice to the Gods
The best man wins
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19. Choose the absolute phrase in the following sentence.
Sitting by the loom, Penelope, her hands shaking with fear, must choose a suitor soon.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sitting by the loom
Her hands shaking with fear
With fear
Choose a suitor soon
20. Which item combines the sentences below to form a complex sentence?
Athena favors Odysseus and the Greeks.
Athena helps Odysseus with his plan.
The Trojans lose the war.
A. Athena, favoring Odysseus and Greeks, helps Odysseus with his plan, so the Trojans lose
the war.
B. The Greeks and Odysseus have Athena’s favor; Athena helps with the plan and wins the
war.
C. The Trojans lose the war because Athena, helping with the plan, favors Odysseus and the
Greeks.
D. Athena favors Odysseus and the Greeks in the battle for Troy, so she helps with the plan,
and the Trojans lose the war.