| Who was Argos? | Odysseus' old dog who he found on a dung heap when he returned home. |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son who he left when he was a baby when he left for Troy |
| How old is Telemachus when Odysseus returns? | early twenties |
| Who finds Odysseus in Scheria? | Naussica |
| Who was Melantho? | The maid of Odysseus who had an affair with the suitor- Eurymachus |
| What did Ajax do to bring disaster on the homecoming crew? | Ajax ahd an affair with Cassandra |
| Who was Antinous? | The "head suitor" who is courting Penelope |
| who is Eumaes? | The swine herd |
| who first hits Odyssseus with the stool as he is disguised as a man? | Antinous |
| Who is Irus? | The random beggar man who tries to beat up Odysseus but ends up getting his butt kicked. |
| Who lights the way inside the cellar when Telemachus and Odysseus go to get the weapons? | Athena |
| Who is the "guardian angel " of Odysseus and his family? | Athena |
| What is Peneloope's dream about in Book 19? | An eagle kills 20 geese and sits on the roof and tells her he ahs just killed her lovers. She says she has no idea what the dream means |
| How did Eurycleia find out the beggar-stranger was Odysseus? | She saw the scar on his leg from a boar |
| Who is king of the Phaecians? | Alcinous |
| Who turns the crew of Odysseus into swine? | Circe |
| How long was Odysseus on the island with Calypso? | 7 years |
| How does Athena disguise herself when she was with Telemachus the first time? | As Mentor |
| Where does Telemachus go to learn of his father's whereabouts? | Sandy Pylos, and Sparta |
| Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus and his crew? | They blinded his son-Polyphemus |
| Who is Nestor? | The king of Pylos |
| why did the war of Troy start in the first place? | Trojans took Helen, Queen of Sparta. the most beautiful woman |