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