Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
46 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Who did Odysseus stay on the island with for seven years?
|
Calypso
|
|
|
|
Who lies to the Polyphemus to save his ship and friends?
|
Odysseus
|
brave and heroic
|
|
|
Who did odysseus stay on the island with for seven years?
|
Calypso
|
|
|
|
Who lies to Polyphemus to save his ship and friends?
|
Odysseus
|
|
|
|
What does Odysseus plan to do witht he spear that he made?
|
He plans to stab the cyclopes in the eye.
|
|
|
|
What is the name of the cyclopes?
|
Polyphemus
|
|
|
|
What happend first on Circes' island?
|
She turned some of Odysseus' men into pigs.
|
|
|
|
How did Odysseus get out of the cave?
|
He and his men hid under sheep.
|
|
|
|
How did he make Circe promise not to use magic?
|
He slept with her.
|
|
|
|
What was Polyphemus' father?
|
Posiden
|
|
|
|
Why did Helios get upset with Odysseus and his men?
|
His men ate the cattle.
|
|
|
|
Who sends down a thunderbolt that destroyed Odysseus' men and his boat?
|
Zeus
|
|
|
|
Who helps Odysseus get home?
|
King Alcinous
|
|
|
|
Who did Odysseus send to check out Circe's island?
|
Eurylochus
|
|
|
|
What was the name of the two monsters that Odysseus was faced with?
|
Scylla and Charibdis
|
|
|
|
Who was the only serviver of the thunderbolt?
|
Odysseus
|
|
|
|
How did Odysseus make is past the Sirens?
|
He put wax in his crews ears and then they tied him down so he couldn't leave.
|
|
|
|
Telemachous is the son of Odysseus.
|
True
|
|
|
|
One hundred-twenty of the crew was eaten by the Lotus-eaters.
|
False
|
|
|
|
The Laestrygonians killed 72 men.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Athena was helping Odysseus.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Odysseus asked Circe to help him get home and she tells he must visit the underworld to get advice.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Odysseus's ship is destroyed by Charibdis.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus is killed by Zeus.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Eumaeus and Philoetius are trying to kill Odysseus.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus is dressed as a begger when he arrives at the palace.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Penelope doesn't belived Odysseus is really the beger so she makes him leave.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Telemachous is the son of Odysseus.
|
True
|
|
|
|
The Laestrygonians killed 72 men.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Penelope doesn't believe Odysseus is really the begger so she makes him leave.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus is dressed as a begger when he arrives at the palace.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Eumaeus and Philoetius are trying to kill Odysseus.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus is killed by Zeus.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus's ship is destroied by Charibdis.
|
False
|
|
|
|
Odysseus asked Circe to help him get home and she tells he must visit the underworld to get advice.
|
True
|
|
|
|
Athena was helping Odysseus.
|
True
|
|
|
|
One hundred-twenty of the crew was eaten by the Lotus-eaters.
|
False
|
|
|
|
How did Penelope know that the begger was Odysseus?
|
She told him to move the bed into the hall and he said he couldn't because there bed was made from a tree.
|
|
|
|
Why didn't Odysseus tell Penelope right away that it was him?
|
He didn't want all the suitors to try to kill him.
|
|
|
|
How does Eurycleia figure out that the begger was Odysseus?
|
She found the scar on his leg that he had gotten when he was younger.
|
|
|
|
Why did the suitors not want Odysseus alive?
|
They wanted to be the ones that married Peneolope and they knew he would get in the way.
|
|
|
|
Who did they first lose men to and how many?
|
72 men to the Laestrygonians
|
|
|
|
Who is Eurycleia?
|
The aged and loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies.
|
|
|
|
Why doesn't Penelope believe it is Odysseus?
|
He has been gond for so long that she doesn't think he is real.
|
|
|
|
What is the name of the prophet that lives in the underworld and how does he help Odysseus?
|
Tiresias helps Odysseus by telling him how to get to Ithica and tell him what will happen when him and his men take the cattle.
|
|
|
|
What is the name of Odysseus's dog?
|
Argos
|
|
