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Odyssey Multiple Choice Practice Test Excerpt 1

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7 questions
Use this passage to answer the following questions.

“He caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor. 280
Then he dismembered them and made his meal,
gaping and crunching like a mountain lion—
everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.
We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus,
powerless, looking on at this, appalled;
but Cyclops went on filling up his belly
with manflesh and great gulps of whey,
then lay down like a mast among his sheep.
My heart beat high now at the chance of action,
and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I went 290
along his flank to stab him where the midriff
holds the liver. I had touched the spot
when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him
we perished there as well, for we could never
move his ponderous doorway slab aside.”
1

What is the Cyclops’ name?

1

What does Odysseus’s insistence to stay in the cave before the Cyclops returns reveal about him?

1

What is the purpose of th following simile?

“He caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
Then he dismembered them and made his meal,
gaping and crunching like a mountain lion

1

Which of the following is revealed in line: "We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus"?

1

What is the purpose of the following simile?

"then lay down like a mast among his sheep."

1

What do the final lines of this excerpt most illustrate about Odysseus?

1

What word best describes the mood of this excerpt?