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The Odyssey Unit Test

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How were the Greeks finally able to defeat the Trojans in Troy? Be certain to include the name of the warrior who thought of the plan.

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List five of the eight characteristics of the epic that we discussed in class. They were also on a Google slide show I shared with you. (This test generator is looking for key words)

The epic hero who designed a wooden horse to defeat the Trojans in Troy

Odysseus

Achilles

Homer 

Laertes

 Fake name used by Odysseus to outsmart the Cyclops

Odysseus

Laertes

Nohbdy (Nobody)

Tiresias

 “The face that launched a thousand ships is an epithet used to describe

Athena

Aphrodite

Helen

Hera

 A six-headed monster who claims six of Odysseus’ men when they get too close

Charybdis

Scylla

Tiresias

Polyphemus

A beautiful sea goddess who detains Odysseus for seven years

Calypso

Circe

Scylla

Maron

 The Cyclops visited by Odysseus and some of his crew

Telemachus

Tiresias

Maron

Polyphemus

 Odysseus’ wife

Helen

Penelope

Athena

Argus

 Odysseus’ rocky island home

Athens

Mykonos

Ithaca

Troy

 God of the winds who tries to help Odysseus return home

Poseidon

Zeus

Athena

Aeolus

 King of Phaeica that finally sends Odysseus home with a crew on a fast ship

Polyphemus

Alcinous

Antinous

Scylla

Odysseus’ mother who sees her son in the underworld when he comes to see Tiresias

Anctilea

Eurycleia

Penelope

Helen

 Goddesses who protect the arts

Fates

Furies

Muses

Graces

 Author of The Odyssey and The Illiad

Maron

Homer

Humor

Steinbeck

 A trick the Greeks used to finally win the Trojan War.

Nohbdy

Sirens

Shroud

Wooden Horse

 A giant whirlpool that will swallow whole ships and all their men

Scylla

Charybdis

Penelope

Calypso

A witch who turns Odysseus’ men into pigs

Calypso

Lotus

Caliope

Circe

 Temptresses whose voices cannot be resisted – Odysseus gets to hear their song

Suitors

Sirens

Muses

Graces

 Odysseus’ son who is twenty years old when Odysseus returns from Troy

Tiresias

Menelaus

Telemachus

Scylla

 A blind prophet that Odysseus has to travel into the Underworld to see and find out how to return home

Tiresias

Menelaus

Telemachus

Elpenor

 An old and faithful swineherd who is the first to see Odysseus when he returns home

Tiresias

Menelaus

Eumaeus

Telemachus

The meanest of all the suitors

Eurymachus

Antinous

Eurylochus

Polyphemus

Suitor who tries to negotiate for the lives of all the living suitors

Eurymachus

Antinous

Eurylochus

Polyphemus

A plant that makes you lose all ambiton – even losing interest in going home

Daffodil

Chrysanthemum

Lotus

Mum

God of the sea and earthquakes

Zeus

Hades

Poseidon

Apollo

God who rules the world from Olympus

Zeus

Hades

Poseidon

Apollo

God of the sun, arts, healing and prophecy

Zeus

Hades

Poseidon

Apollo

Messenger god who helps Odysseus avoid being turned into a pig

Zeus

Hermes

Helios

Homer

Early sun god who is outraged when Odysseus’ men kill his cattle

Zeus

Hermes

Helios

Homer

Odysseus’ old and faithful hound who seems to have waited on his master's return to die

Scooby Do

Ram

Snoopy

Argus

Goddess of battle strategy that helps Oysseus thoughout the story

Athena

Artemis

Caliope

Cyclops

Muse of epic poetry that Homer calls on for inspiration at the beginning of the epic

Polyhymnia

Thalia

Clio

Caliope

Beautiful goddess who hold Odysseus captive for seven years

Calypso

Circe

Penelope

Maron

 Housekeeper that recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg

Penelope

Eurynome

Pebbles

Veronica

 A type of plotting where a story begins in the middle and is largely told in flashback

Invocation of the muse

In medias res

Shrouding

Ramming

A prayer at the beginning of a work of art for inspiration

Invocation of the muse

In medias res

Shrouding

Ramming

Animals used by Odysseus’ men to escape the cave of the Cyclops

Goats

Rams/Sheep

Horses

Llamas

Home of the gods

Mt. Ranier

Mt. Olympus

Beverly Hills

Mt. Everest

Penelope uses the weaving of this item to delay choosing a new husband

Blanket

Coat

Shroud

Cloak

Poetry that tells a story is called

Lyric

Narrative

Dramatic

A long narrative poem that tells a story about a hero and his quest is a/an

Theme

Octet

Quatrain

Epic