The Odyssey : viewing questions

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The Odyssey viewing questions

• Odysseus was the son of ________________.
• Odysseus went to ________ to fight with the
  Greeks.
• Odysseus could not return home because _________.
• Odysseus home was in ________________.
• The Trojans were defeated because of Odysseus
  _________________.
• Members of Odysseus crew who ate the Lotus flower
• _________________.
• The Cyclops did not work but were known as
  ______________.

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• Odysseus accomplished the escape of his men from
  the Cyclops cave by ___________________.
• The other Cyclops did not help Polyphemus when he
  called for help because they _____________________
  __.
• Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag with the unfavorable
  winds to help him get home but_________________.
• ______________ changed Odysseus men into swine.
• Odysseus stayed with the nymph in question 11
• for ___________.
• 13. To save his men from the Sirens, Odysseus
  _________________________.

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• Sirens would lure sailors to their deaths by
  ____________________.
• Odysseus escaped from Scylla and Charybdis by
  _____________________.
• Dawn with fingertips of rose is a metaphor for
  _________________________.
• Helios, lord of noon, is an example for
  _____________________.
• Tiresias, a blind prophet in the Land of the
  Dead, warned Odysseus that his men should not
  ______________________.
• In the Land of the Sun God, Odysseus men began
  to starve so Odysseus went inland to
  ____________________.

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• Because of what Odysseus men did to the Sun Gods
  cattle, Zeus was so angry he___________________.
• Odysseus drifted for 9 days and came ashore on
  Ogygia Isle, home of Calypso. She fell in love
  with him and kept him there for ____________.
• Odysseus was away from home for _____________
  years.
• The ____________________ helped Odysseus get
  home.
• Odysseus did not reveal his true identity to
  ________________.
• Athena warned that Penelopes suitors plotted to
  kill _____________________.

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• Telemachus had gone to Sparta because he
  _______________.
• When Odysseus saw his dog, he _______________.
• Penelope put off her suitors for three years by
  promising to marry one when __________________.
• The one who recognized the scar on the beggars
  leg and knew him to be Odysseus was
  ______________.
• Penelope promised to marry the suitor who could
  ___________________.
• All of the suitors tried to string the bow, and
  success was achieved by ____________________.
• The first suitor slain was ___________________.

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• Odysseus fought the battle against the suitors
  with the help of _________________________.
• Eurymachus advised the suitors to
  ______________________________.
• Penelope believed that the man dressed as a
  beggar was her husband only when he
  _________________.
• Who informed Penelope that Odysseus had returned
  and had disposed of the suitors?________________.
• Odysseus changed from a tired-looking old beggar
  to a clean, handsome warrior with the help of
  _________________.
• When Penelope met Odysseus face to face and did
  not display any joy or excitement, Telemachus
  _________________________.

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• 39. A man surfcasting on a point of rock for
  bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop
  the sinker and the bait far out, will hook a fish
  and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling
  through the air so these were borne aloft in
  spasms toward the cliff is an example of
  _________________.
• Odysseus was an epic hero, meaning a hero that
  ___________________________________.
• The triumph of good over evil, loyalty, devotion
  and fortitude is an example of _________________.