5 Written Questions

1. divine messenger of the gods, "wayfinder"
2. "ringleader" of the suitors, the first one killed
3. giant cannibals on the island of Lamos
4. brother of Menelaos, husband of Klytemnestra, father of Orestes, killed by Klytemnestra and Aigisthos
5. one of the cruelest suitors

5 Matching Questions

1. repetition
2. Helen
3. Orestes
4. minstrel, wandered, stringed instruments, papyrus, vellum
5. sheep, milk, cheese

1. a HOMER
   author of Iliad and Odyssey, blind _____/singer-poet who ______ around reciting these tales. used simple _____ _______ to help add the mood. written on _______, then _______
2. b food in Polyphemous's cave. Odys. and his men uses ______ to hide and get away
3. c Menelaos's wife, the most beautiful woman in the world
4. d elements repeated for emphasis and to help listeners stay focused ex. epithets, similes, and speeches
5. e son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra, avenges father's death

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. son of Nestor, accompanies Telemakhos from Pylos to Sparta
   1. Teirsias
   2. Peisistratos
   3. Laistrygons
   4. Philoitios
2. Hermes uses this to put men to sleep and wake them up
   1. Trojan war
   2. olive tree
   3. golden wand
   4. Posiedon
3. Penelope tells the suitors that she will marry one of them when she is finished _______ the shroud for Laertes, otherwise is would be spun in vain. she works on it by day and unravels it at night, but soon the suitors find out her trick is she is forced to finish
   1. patience
   2. Athena
   3. Helen
   4. weaving
4. Odys. proves his identity with the ____ on his leg he got from a _____ while hunting
   1. Kharybdis
   2. Trojan war
   3. scar, boar
   4. Argos
5. GREEK EPIC HEROES
   *destined by _____ to become a hero
   *loyal to homeland/family/comrades, ______ to enemies
   *hero is always male and an illustrious _______
   *_______ and physically strong. ___ when sad, not ______
   *tests include _______ and _______. help from _____/_____
   *the way is often not _____ to him
   1. ceremonial, caliber, invocation, medias res, time, characters
   2. minstrel, wandered, stringed instruments, papyrus, vellum
   3. wolves, mountain lions
   4. fate, ruthless, warrior, morally, cries, invincible, loneliness, temptation, gods/goddesses, clear

5 True/False Questions

1. Mentor → one of Athena's disguises, a Taphian captain

   True        False

2. Skylla → Menelaos's wife, the most beautiful woman in the world

   True        False

3. Nausikaa → princess, daughter of King Alkinoos of the Phaiakians

   True        False

4. Atlas → carries the earth on his shoulders, father of Kalypso

   True        False

5. Klytemnestra → Odysseus's father

   True        False