Odyssey questions?

Question

# 1After the encounter with the Cyclops, the most deadly, destructive incident involved which of the following characters?

1. Scylla, a man-eating monster.
2. Charybdis, a whirlpool.
3. Zeus and his thunderbolt.
4. Circe and her magic.

# 2The incidents and story of the Odyssey are based on

1. lost historical records.
2. ancient history books.
3. myth and oral history.
4. Homer's own experiences.

# 3In ancient Greece, Homer's two great epics were used to

1. prove that history repeats itself.
2. teach young boys Greek ideals.
3. train young soldiers.
4. entertain the slaves.

# 4Homer makes his heroes believable and human by showing them as

1. always honorable and brave.
2. doing impossible deeds.
3. having both good and bad traits.
4. representing ideals.

# 5The Odyssey is essentially the story of Odysseus's triumph over

1. his own men's treachery.
2. temptations and obstacles.
3. his own weakness.
4. several hostile gods.

# 6The story of the Odyssey revolves around the deeds of

1. gods.
2. brutal monsters.
3. human beings.
4. seafarers.

# 7The anticipation of events that will occur later in the story, as specified both in Cyclops's curse and in Circe's warning, is an example of

1. climax building.
2. foreshadowing.
3. comparison.
4. scene setting.

# 8"Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and
crunching like a mountain lion - everything: innards, flesh, and
marrowbones."
This passage shows the author's skill in

1. creating character.
2. foreshadowing.
3. vivid description.
4. understatement.

# 9 In the passage above, the long comparison of the Cyclops and a mountain lion is called a (an)

1. metaphor.
2. epithet.
3. epic simile.
4. personification.

#10 "Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the
ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and
sea."
That passage suggests or supports the Greek view of

1. the unending cruelty of the gods.
2. the necessity of divine guidance.
3. divine rule.
4. the gods' intervention in the lives of human beings.

"My men came pressing round me, pleading: "Why not take these
cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and
make a run for it? We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say put
out again on good salt water!" Ah, how sound that was! Yet I refused.
I wished to see the cave man, what he had to offer - no pretty sight, it
turned out, for my friends."
This passage shows Homer's skill at

1. characterization.
2. dialogue.
3. symbolic description.
4. depicting courage and cowardice.

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Penelope assessments Odysseus by ability of asking him to pass the marriage mattress which Odysseus won't be able to do because of the fact it grew to become into geared up right into a tree - in basic terms Odysseus could have regularly occurring this. The in call for stringing-of-the-bow scene and the killing of the suitors by ability of Odysseus and his son Telemachus comes previously Penelope's inner maximum try. The characteristics of an epic hero could be he's greater than existence (smarter, greater advantageous, braver than a common guy or woman), he's on some form of quest, the gods or some greater powers are in touch the two for or against him, the stressful circumstances he faces are better than those maximum individuals face, and he regularly embodies the values of the custom of the artwork wherein he seems.

Answer 3

Most of these questions can be answered even if you havent read the book. The purpose of these questions is to make you think, so asking others for the answers won't accomplish that goal. Just use some common sense & the answers will come easily.

Answer 4

These are too easy, just read it. It's a good read for your imagination or for a few laughs. Dang, that was an easy point grabber.

Answer 5

Read the book, or at least get the cliff notes, I am not going to do your homework for you.

Answer 6

You watch O BRother Where Art, you get basic idea. Good movie full of hillbilly american music.

Answer 7

This is Yahoo questions, not yahoo do my homework. You really should read the book. It's pretty interesting. Thanks for the points