Who first gives food and shelter to Odysseus on Ithaca?
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Eumǽus and Euryeicla (Odysseus's mother) illustrate the theme of
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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?
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Part B Which passage from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2, best supports the answer to Part A?
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What happens in the episode involving Odysseus’ dog, Argus, in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
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Question 9
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The suitors might be described as all of the following EXCEPT
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Question 10
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What does Odysseus show to his servants to prove who he is?
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Question 11
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Which statement best summarizes Odysseus’ actions during the bow contest?
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Question 13
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All of the following words apply to Odysseus EXCEPT
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Question 14
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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?
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Question 15
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By the end of The Odyssey of Homer, how has Telémachus changed?
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Question 17
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What does Athena do during the battle with the suitors?
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Question 18
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Why is Penelope skeptical that this is Odysseus?
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Question 19
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Odysseus believes that no one but a god could have moved his bed because
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Question 21
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Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
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In the selection from the Odyssey, Part 2, why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors?
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Telémachus resents the suitors for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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The life and death of the dog Argos shows the theme of
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Which attitude or talent most clearly helps Odysseus triumph in the bow-and-arrow challenge in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
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The slaughter of the suitors illustrates the theme of
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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?
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Which of the following traits might justify labeling Odysseus the first “modern hero”?
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Which of these character traits does Penelope embody in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?
