The Odyssey, Part II
  • 1. Incredulity means:
A) supple; limber
B) inability to believe
C) staring with sullen anger
D) conceal with false appearances
  • 2. In "The Return of Odysseus," which god/goddess helps Odysseus at all times?
A) Athena
B) Poseidon
C) Zeus
D) Telemachus
  • 3. What piece of advice does this god/goddess give Odysseus?
A) kick the suitors out
B) kill the suitors
C) do not reveal himself to his son
D) go home to Penelope
  • 4. Odysseus tells Telemachus to:
A) leave the house
B) kill the suitors alone
C) store away the suitors' armor
D) tell his mother to hide
  • 5. She found the story bemusing. Bemusing means what?
A) supple
B) stupefying or muddling
C) tearfully sentimental
D) disguised
  • 6. Who is Argus?
A) Odysseus' servant
B) Odysseus' swineherd
C) Odysseus' dog
D) a beggar
  • 7. In his youth, what purpose did Argus serve?
A) competitor
B) hunter
C) fighter
D) companion
  • 8. Athena made Odysseus ____________ and young.
A) maudlin
B) contempt
C) dissemble
D) lithe
  • 9. What is Odysseus disguised as?
A) a young man
B) a servant
C) a beggar
D) a king
  • 10. ____________________ irony consists of actions and speeches that readers can understand in a way that characters cannot.
A) Poetic
B) Dramatic
C) Situational
D) Verbal
  • 11. Which of the suitors treats Odysseus poorly?
A) Aeaea
B) Antinous
C) Eumaeus
D) Eupeithes
  • 12. Conceal with false appearances is:
A) lithe
B) dissemble
C) glowering
D) contempt
  • 13. What hobby does Penelope use to trick the suitors?
A) carving
B) painting
C) weaving
D) sewing
  • 14. Odysseus said to the suitors, "______________ was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven."
A) Contempt
B) Incredulity
C) Respect
D) Love
  • 15. What is Odysseus referencing when he says, "The hour has come to cook their lordships' mutton--/supper by daylight"?
A) his first meal with his wife
B) his hunger
C) his attack on the suitors
D) the servants in the kitchen
  • 16. What type of contest does Telemachus and Penelope set up for the suitors?
A) archery
B) puzzle
C) gunmanship
D) swimming
  • 17. Who wins the contest?
A) Telemachus
B) Antinous
C) no one
D) Odysseus
  • 18. How does Telemachus help Odysseus in the battle?
A) neither
B) gives him weapons
C) both
D) saves his life
  • 19. I had got ______________ over cups of wine.
A) maudlin
B) glowering
C) bemusing
D) lithe
  • 20. At the end of the story, with what object does Penelope test Odysseus' identity?
A) a servant
B) their bed
C) the bow and arrow
D) their son
  • 21. Antinous, glowering under his brows, answered Odysseus. Glowering means:
A) scowling
B) stupefying
C) smiling
D) muddling
  • 22. Which god/goddess only helps Odysseus sometimes?
A) Zeus
B) Poseidon
C) Athena
D) Tiresias
  • 23. Of the following, who has more faith?
A) Penelope
B) Odysseus
C) Antinous
D) Telemachus
  • 24. Who does Odysseus kill first in the battle?
A) Eurymachus
B) Amphinomus
C) Antinous
D) Eurynome
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