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Epic Review

Last updated almost 8 years ago

12 questions

Note from the author:

Hero Journey, Epic Conventions, and the Trojan War

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Question 1

1.

Select the characters below who are GREEK GODS & GODDESSES. (There is more than one correct answer.)

Posiedon

Odysseus

Zeus

Aphrodite

Hera

Menelaus

Achilles

Thetis

Eris

Athena

Helen

Apollo

Hermes

Question 2

2.

Select the characters which were on the TROJAN side of the war. (There is more than one correct answer.)

King Menelaus

King Priam

Hector

Paris

Achilles

Agamemnon

Odysseus

Aeneas

Question 3

3.

Select the characters which were on the GREEK side of the war. (There is more than one correct answer.)

Hector

Paris

Achilles

Patroclus

Odysseus

Agamemnon

Menelaus

Question 4

4.

Identify the causes and effects of the Trojan War.

The Greeks wanted control of the trade route to the Black Sea.
All of the Trojans warriors, except Aeneas, are killed.
Paris kidnaps Helen.
The city of Troy is destroyed.
Achilles angers the gods.
The Oath of Tyndareus
Odysseus is lost at sea for 10 years.

Causes of the Trojan War
Effects of the Trojan War

Question 6

6.

Identify the steps and sections of the Hero's Journey by placing each step in its appropriate section.

The Road of Trials
The Call to Adventure
The Refusal of the Return
Meeting with the Goddess
Master of Two Worlds
Magic Flight
The Belly of the Whale
Atonement with the Father
Apotheosis
Freedom to Live
The Refusal of the Call

The Departure
The Initiation
The Return

Question 7

7.

Draw a quick diagram of the Hero's Journey.

Question 8

8.

Draw a quick diagram of the Belly of the Whale step of the Hero's Journey

Question 9

9.

Match each event from the Trojan war with the appropriate step of the Hero's Journey. Some categories will have more than one correct answer.

Menelaus evokes the Oath of Tyndareus after Helen is kidnapped.
The Greeks and Trojans fight in various battles.
The Greeks devise the trick of the Trojan Horse.
The Greeks win the war by destroying the city of Troy, setting it on fire.
Achilles hides at the Court of Skyros.
Odysseus plows his fields with salt, attempting to act crazy.
Odysseus is lost at sea for 10 years trying to get home to Ithaca.
Menelaus and Helen take 7 years to get to Sparta.
Achilles is killed.

The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
The Road of Trials
The Ultimate Boon
The Return

Question 10

10.

Match each person with the appropriate type of hero.

Batman
a firefighter
Wonder Woman
Albert Einstein
Achilles
a policeman
a lifeguard
Superman
Hercules
George Washington

Situation Hero
Epic Hero

Question 11

11.

What are the characteristics or conventions of an epic? Select all that apply.

Epic similes

Cataloging of battle equipment

Lengthy speeches by main characters

Epithets

Written about a national hero

Descriptions of lengthy travels