The Odyssey, Part II
  • 1. Incredulity means:
A) staring with sullen anger
B) conceal with false appearances
C) inability to believe
D) supple; limber
  • 2. In "The Return of Odysseus," which god/goddess helps Odysseus at all times?
A) Poseidon
B) Zeus
C) Athena
D) Telemachus
  • 3. What piece of advice does this god/goddess give Odysseus?
A) go home to Penelope
B) do not reveal himself to his son
C) kick the suitors out
D) kill the suitors
  • 4. Odysseus tells Telemachus to:
A) tell his mother to hide
B) kill the suitors alone
C) leave the house
D) store away the suitors' armor
  • 5. She found the story bemusing. Bemusing means what?
A) supple
B) stupefying or muddling
C) disguised
D) tearfully sentimental
  • 6. Who is Argus?
A) Odysseus' swineherd
B) a beggar
C) Odysseus' servant
D) Odysseus' dog
  • 7. In his youth, what purpose did Argus serve?
A) companion
B) competitor
C) fighter
D) hunter
  • 8. Athena made Odysseus ____________ and young.
A) lithe
B) contempt
C) dissemble
D) maudlin
  • 9. What is Odysseus disguised as?
A) a king
B) a servant
C) a young man
D) a beggar
  • 10. ____________________ irony consists of actions and speeches that readers can understand in a way that characters cannot.
A) Poetic
B) Verbal
C) Situational
D) Dramatic
  • 11. Which of the suitors treats Odysseus poorly?
A) Aeaea
B) Antinous
C) Eupeithes
D) Eumaeus
  • 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) painting
B) carving
C) weaving
D) sewing
  • 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 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) gunmanship
B) archery
C) swimming
D) puzzle
  • 17. Who wins the contest?
A) Antinous
B) Odysseus
C) no one
D) Telemachus
  • 18. How does Telemachus help Odysseus in the battle?
A) saves his life
B) both
C) neither
D) gives him weapons
  • 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) the bow and arrow
B) a servant
C) their son
D) their bed
  • 21. Antinous, glowering under his brows, answered Odysseus. Glowering means:
A) scowling
B) muddling
C) stupefying
D) smiling
  • 22. Which god/goddess only helps Odysseus sometimes?
A) Tiresias
B) Poseidon
C) Zeus
D) Athena
  • 23. Of the following, who has more faith?
A) Antinous
B) Telemachus
C) Odysseus
D) Penelope
  • 24. Who does Odysseus kill first in the battle?
A) Amphinomus
B) Antinous
C) Eurymachus
D) Eurynome
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