The Odyssey, Part II
  • 1. Incredulity means:
A) staring with sullen anger
B) supple; limber
C) conceal with false appearances
D) inability to believe
  • 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) do not reveal himself to his son
B) go home to Penelope
C) kill the suitors
D) kick the suitors out
  • 4. Odysseus tells Telemachus to:
A) tell his mother to hide
B) leave the house
C) kill the suitors alone
D) store away the suitors' armor
  • 5. She found the story bemusing. Bemusing means what?
A) disguised
B) tearfully sentimental
C) stupefying or muddling
D) supple
  • 6. Who is Argus?
A) Odysseus' dog
B) Odysseus' swineherd
C) a beggar
D) Odysseus' servant
  • 7. In his youth, what purpose did Argus serve?
A) companion
B) competitor
C) fighter
D) hunter
  • 8. Athena made Odysseus ____________ and young.
A) dissemble
B) lithe
C) contempt
D) maudlin
  • 9. What is Odysseus disguised as?
A) a servant
B) a beggar
C) a king
D) a young man
  • 10. ____________________ irony consists of actions and speeches that readers can understand in a way that characters cannot.
A) Poetic
B) Situational
C) Verbal
D) Dramatic
  • 11. Which of the suitors treats Odysseus poorly?
A) Antinous
B) Aeaea
C) Eumaeus
D) Eupeithes
  • 12. Conceal with false appearances is:
A) glowering
B) contempt
C) dissemble
D) lithe
  • 13. What hobby does Penelope use to trick the suitors?
A) painting
B) carving
C) sewing
D) weaving
  • 14. Odysseus said to the suitors, "______________ was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven."
A) Incredulity
B) Respect
C) Love
D) Contempt
  • 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) puzzle
B) swimming
C) archery
D) gunmanship
  • 17. Who wins the contest?
A) Telemachus
B) Odysseus
C) no one
D) Antinous
  • 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) lithe
B) bemusing
C) maudlin
D) glowering
  • 20. At the end of the story, with what object does Penelope test Odysseus' identity?
A) a servant
B) their son
C) their bed
D) the bow and arrow
  • 21. Antinous, glowering under his brows, answered Odysseus. Glowering means:
A) muddling
B) scowling
C) stupefying
D) smiling
  • 22. Which god/goddess only helps Odysseus sometimes?
A) Tiresias
B) Athena
C) Zeus
D) Poseidon
  • 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) Eurynome
B) Amphinomus
C) Antinous
D) Eurymachus
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