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