The Odyssey, Vocabulary
  • 1. ______________ goods taken by force.
A) plunder
B) cherishes
C) insidious
D) squall
  • 2. _____________ a brief, violent storm.
A) squall
B) insidious
C) cherishes
D) plunder
  • 3. _______________ is finished quickly.
A) dispatched
B) cherishes
C) plunder
D) squall
  • 4. The ______________ sea monster capsized the boat.
A) cherishes
B) mammoth
C) squall
D) insidious
  • 5. ______________ characterized by treachery.
A) insidious
B) plunder
C) bereft
D) cherishes
  • 6. _______________ hold dear, feel love toward.
A) bereft
B) plunder
C) squall
D) cherishes
  • 7. Penelope was ______________ after Odysseus left her.
A) dispatched
B) bereft
C) insidious
D) cherishes
  • 8. Who is given credit for writing "The Odyssey?
A) Mark Twain
B) Homer
C) Edgar Poe
D) Saki
  • 9. Homer is given credit for writing________ epic poems.
A) one hundred
B) seven
C) twenty
D) two
  • 10. Who is the main character in "The Odyssey"?
A) lusty suitors
B) Odysseus
C) Homer
D) Penelope
  • 11. When is "The Odyssey" written?
A) around 1800 AD
B) around 2000 AD
C) around 200 BC
D) around 720 BC
  • 12. During the Homeric Age many people could read and write?
A) yes-true
B) no-false
  • 13. Was Homer given credit for writing more than "The Odyssey"?
A) no-false
B) yes-true
  • 14. During the Homeric Age stories were passed down ___________?
A) orally
B) textually
  • 15. Why did Homer use rhyme for telling "The Odyssey"?
A) It sounded fun.
B) It was easier to remember.
C) Homer was a musician.
  • 16. ______________ forces are involved in epics.
A) Manly
B) Real
C) Womanly
D) Supernatural
  • 17. All epics contain _______________.
A) adventure
B) an island
C) boats
D) musicians
  • 18. What kind of style (tone) is used in epics?
A) cheerful
B) humorous
C) serious
  • 19. Which of the following are common literary terms used in epics?
A) all of these
B) formal rhetoric
C) epithets
D) similes
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