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Who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus on Ithaca?
Who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus on Ithaca?
Who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus on Ithaca?
What theme is being developed in lines 19-23?
Eumǽus and Euryeicla illustrate the theme of
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2, why does Telemachus doubt that Odysseus is who he claims to be?
Part B Which passage from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2, best supports the answer to Part A?
What happens in the episode involving Odysseus’ dog, Argus, in the excerpt ?
What is the dramatic irony in this section?
The suitors might be described as all of the following EXCEPT
What is the first part of the contest?
What is the second partof the contest?
What is the prize for winning?
What does Odysseus show to his servants to prove who he is?
Which statement best summarizes Odysseus’ actions during the bow contest?
Why does Odysseus kill Antinious first?
How had Telemachus prepared the hall for this moment?
All of the following words apply to Odysseus EXCEPT
To Eurymachus’ offer in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2, Odysseus makes this reply.
“Not for the whole treasure of your fathers, all you enjoy, lands, flocks, or any gold put up by others, would I hold my hand. There will be killing till the score is paid.”
What does this reply tell the reader most clearly about the character of Odysseus?
By the end of The Odyssey of Homer, how has Telémachus changed?
What does Athena do during the battle with the suitors?
Why is Penelope skeptical that this is Odysseus?
Odysseus believes that no one but a god could have moved his bed because
Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
In the selection, why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors?
Telémachus resents the suitors for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
The life and death of the dog Argos shows the theme of
Which attitude or talent most clearly helps Odysseus triumph in the bow-and-arrow challenge in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
Paraphrase Odysseus' speech in lines 34-40. List the reasons he has to kill the suitors.
What is Euramachus' motivation in lines 45-59?
The slaughter of the suitors illustrates the theme of
In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2, Penelope makes this statement to Odysseus after he reveals his identity.
“... I armed myself long ago against the frauds of men, impostors who might come—and all those many whose underhanded ways bring evil on! ...”
What is she explaining to her husband?
Which of the following traits might justify labeling Odysseus the first “modern hero”?
Which of these character traits does Penelope embody in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?