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34 Cards in this Set
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Odysseus was away from home for
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twenty years
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Which aspect of Odysseus' character keeps him from giving his heart to Calypso or circe?
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he is eager to het back to Ithaca
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Which statement most accurately describes the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures?
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Zeus controls the weather by which Odysseus sails
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Part I of the Odyssey is mainly about Odysseus'
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heroic deeds
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Telemachus' reaction to seding his father changed from
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disbelief to joyous weeping
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The character who explains the history of Argus to Odysseus is
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Eumaeus
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Which of Odysseus' traits allows his triumph in the bow-and-arrow challenge that Penelope sets for her suitors
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skill as a marksman
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What is an important themes of Part Ii
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Good triumph over evil
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When Odysseus ordered the servant to begin the feast for the suitors, he was being
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sarcastic
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In "Penelope's Test", her bed cannot be moved because
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a living tree served as its bedpost
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sprang from the blood of Medusa
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Pegasus
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guards the gates of Hades
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Cerberus
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god of the sea and earthquakes
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Poseidon
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Odysseus' helper in disguises
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Athena
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sea goddess who lived on Ogygia Isle
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Calypso
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a gigantic whirlpool
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Charybdis
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goddess of love
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Aphrodite
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half man, half horse
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centaur
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half man, half bull
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minotaur
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six-headed monster
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Scylla
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can turn men to stone
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Medusa
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lives on Thrinacia
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Helios
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Cyclops' personal name
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Polyphemus
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queen of the underworld
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Persephone
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Antinous broke a chair on the shoulder of a beggar T/F
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T
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Eurylochus instructed the suitors to fight back in Part II T/F
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F
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Alone, Telemachus and Odysseus kill all of the suitors T/F
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F
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A ruse is a trick or deception T/F
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T
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The beggar shot an arrow cleanly through ten ax handle sockets
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F
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The Odyssey is applicable to our world today T/F
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T
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Odysseus is a character who possesses weaknesses. T/F
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T
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A diety who approves of Odysseus is Athena T/F
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T
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In his heart, Odysseus remains faithful to Penelope T/F
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T
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A magic herb protects Odysseus against being changed into a swine while he is exposed to Calypso's power T/F
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F
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