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The Odyssey part 1 JS

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Question 1

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In lines 35-37, what does Odysseus say he values the most?

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Question 2

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What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus’ men in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1

The Lotus-Eaters are dishonest and try to mislead the crew about the route home.

The Lotus-Eaters offer the men the Lotus plant, which causes them to lose interest in returning home

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Question 3

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What values important to the ancient Greeks inspire Odysseus’ observations in these lines from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1?
“In the next land we found were Cyclopes,
giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground....
Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting,
no consultation or old tribal ways....”

admiration for agriculture, law, tradition, and social organization

admiration for physical size, strength, and power

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Question 5

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What is the metaphor in lines 133-134?

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Question 6

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Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?

Odysseus’ heart is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops.

Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave’s entrance.

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Question 7

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In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy?

He is clever.

He is trained for battle.

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Question 8

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At the end of the episode with the Cyclops in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?

He begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus.

He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca.

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Question 9

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What prophecy of Teiresias does Odysseus withold from his men?

Only Odysseus will survive and return home

Poseidon will capsize their ship near Charybdis.

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Question 10

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Odysseus often gets into trouble because of his

curiousity

caution

pride

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Question 12

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Which of these passages from “The Sirens” in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, best supports the answer to Part A?

“The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water / made me crave to listen, and I tried to say / ‘Untie me!’ to the crew, jerking my brows; / but they bent steady to the oars....”

“... My faithful company / rested on their oars now, peeling off / the wax that I had laid thick on their ears; / then set me free.”

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Question 14

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A Throughout the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, Odysseus tempts fate by behaving recklessly. What is the reaction of his men?

They try to discourage his rashness.

They welcome his risk-taking action.

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Question 16

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Odysseus chooses not to tell his men the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he

fears that his men will change course

knows that his men will panic and stop rowing

Question 17

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In which of these episodes from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?

“The Lotus-Eaters”

"The Cattle of Sun God"

Question 18

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In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly describe in these words to Alcinous?
“Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war:
this fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim.”

admiration for cunning

admiration for sincerity

Question 4

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What does Odysseus compare the Cyclops within these lines
“In the next land we found were Cyclopes,
giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground....
Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting,
no consultation or old tribal ways....”?

a wild animal

a meal

Question 11

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A As they travel through the land of the Sirens in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, how do Odysseus’ men avoid falling under the Sirens’ spell?

Odysseus plugs their ears.

Odysseus ties them up.

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How does Odysseus prevent himself from being lured by the Sirens’ song?

He puts beeswax in his ears.

He has his men tie him to the mast.

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Part B Which of these passages from “The Cyclops” in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, best supports the answer to Part A?

“‘Godsake, Captain! / Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!’”

“... But Zeus disdained my offering; / destruction for my ships he had in store / and death for those who sailed them, my companions.”