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The Odyssey part 1 HON

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

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Question 6
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What is the metaphor in lines 133-134?

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Question 7
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In line 180, the word "scattered" is used to describe the movements of Odysseus' men. What is the connotation or feeling this word creates? (How are men who scatter feeling?)

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Question 8
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In lines 223-231, why does Odysseus lie to the Cyclops about his ship?

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Question 9
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Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?

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Question 10
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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?

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Question 11
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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?

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Question 12
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What prophecy of Teiresias does Odysseus withold from his men?

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Question 13
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Odysseus often gets into trouble because of his

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Question 19
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Odysseus chooses not to tell his men the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he

Question 20
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In which of these episodes from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?

Question 21
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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.”

What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus’ men in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1
Familiarity with the Lotus-Eaters is dangerous because they are cannibals.
The Lotus-Eaters deliberately cause the winds to subside.
The Lotus-Eaters offer the men the Lotus plant, which causes them to lose interest in returning home
The Lotus-Eaters are dishonest and try to mislead the crew about the route home.
Question 3
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What is the simile "like the leaves and blades of spring" in lines 54 and 55 supposed to represent?

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 devotion to one’s religion
admiration for physical size, strength, and power
admiration for a natural, pure life and surviving by one’s instincts
admiration for agriculture, law, tradition, and social organization
Question 5
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What does Odysseus compare the Cyclops
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“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....”?

Odysseus’ heart is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops.
Odysseus’ men convince him that Poseidon will curse them if they kill any of the Cyclopes.
Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave’s entrance.
He is trained for battle.
He is clever.
He is an effective leader.
He is courageous.
He prophesies that Odysseus will visit Hades.
He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca.
He destroys Odysseus’ ship.
He begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus.
Only Odysseus will survive and return home
The sailor's adventures will last another 10 years
Poseidon will capsize their ship near Charybdis.
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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 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?

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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?

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

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 trust his ability to protect them.
They welcome his risk-taking action.
They laugh at his hotheaded behavior.
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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?

knows that his men will panic and stop
rowing
hopes that Zeus will appear and save his
men
worries that his men will think he is lying
admiration for peacemaking
the god Zeus
a wild animal
Odysseus ties them up.
“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....”
“‘Godsake, Captain! / Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!’”