Odyssey Next Text Books 1-3 Quiz

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  1. 1. Telemachus will travel to Sparta by _______. (PAGE 36).
  2. 3. Since Odysseus left for the Trojan War, there has not been a (M _ _ T _ _ G) of the men to create laws and discuss issues. No one has taken a leadership position.
  3. 4. When Athena arrives in Ithaca during Book 1, she sees men who want to marry Penelope, Odysseus' wife, living in Odysseus' palace. These men are known as (S U _ _ _ _ S). (PAGE 19)
  4. 6. Telemachus must get a (S _ _ P) in order to go on his own journey and find news of his father.
  5. 9. Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son, who is the king of the ______ (page 19).
  6. 12. Odysseus' son's name is (_ _ _ E M _ _ _ _ S). (PAGE 20)
  7. 15. Telemachus arrives in ______, the land of _____ and they are having a festival to honor ______ (page 31).
  8. 18. Nestor tells Telemachus to go and visit _______ who just got back from a ______. (PAGE 35)
  9. 19. The suitors blame Penelope for not choosing a husband and tricking them by unraveling a (S _ _ _ _ D) each night before she will choose a husband. (page 27).
  10. 20. Who do the suitors want to marry, but she refuses? Odysseus' wife, Teleamchus' mother.
  11. 21. Which goddess goes to visit Telemachus in Ithaca in disguise? (pages 19-20)
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  1. 2. Who are the best 3 men lost at Troy according to Nestor? (page 33)
  2. 5. Which goddess is holding Odysseus captive? (pages 18-19)
  3. 7. Who is credited with being the author of The Odyssey even though he could not read or write and was blind? (pages 14-15)
  4. 8. Which god is mad at Odysseus for having blinded his son? (page 19)
  5. 10. Athena ______ away in the form of an eagle after offering a prayer to _____. (page 35).
  6. 11. At the top of page 18, what epithet (describing phrase) is used to describe Odysseus as one of the most famous heroes? (M _ S _ _ R _ _ _ _/OF/ W _ R)
  7. 13. Athena gives Telemachus ______ so he can answer Nestory boldly (page 32).
  8. 14. What is the name of Odysseus' homeland? (page 19)
  9. 16. "Rosy-fingered dawn," (page 25) is an example of an (E _ _ T _ _ T) which offers a description of a character.
  10. 17. On page 21, Telemachus explains to Mentes, who is really Athena in disguise, that he could bare his suffering if he knew his father were dead because if he died in battle with his men he could be "(H _ _ _ _ E __ )as a (._ _ _ O).
  11. 18. Athena is in Pylos with Telemachus disguised as _______.