Odyssey Review Questions.ppt - Wikispaces

							What type of conflict is Odysseus
            facing?

 “I drew on all of my wits, and ran
through tactics, reasoning as a man
         will for dear life.”
   What type of conflict is this:


     Helplessness of men “like
       squirming puppies.”
 The savagery of the men “gaping
and crunching like a mountain lion”
  Which conflict best expresses the
    theme of one should never
  underestimate your opponent?

A. “Comeback, Odysseus, and I’ll treat you well.”
 B. “Always, I had in mind some giant, armed in
 giant force, would come against me here. But
     this, but you small, pitiful, and twiggy.”
 C. “He foretold for time to come my great eye
           lost, and at Odysseus’s hand.”
   Which one shows man versus
              society?
    A. “Two dozen four wheeled
    wagons with heaving wagon
 teams, could not have stirred the
        tonnage of that rock.”
  B. “Why not take these cheeses,
get them stowed, come back throw
           open the pins.”
 What type of conflict is this:

“The bad winds thus escape and
 blow the ships of men back to
            Aeolus”
On page 908, Polyphemus’s tone
 changes from what to what?
 After the Cyclopes eats the first
two men on page 903, what is the
          mood? Why?
 Read lines 175-185. What tone
does the Cyclopes take? How do
         you know this?
Give an example of when Odysseus
           is boastful.
        What is his tone?

You outrageous jerk, I can’t believe
 you would eat my best friend like
              that.
  “The hall of Circe-and wolves and mountain
lions lay there, mild in her soft spell fed on her
    drug of evil-none would attack oh it was
 strange…Humbly, those wolves and lions with
       mighty paws fawned on our men.”

           We can infer that Circe’s palace is:
                       A. Normal
                      B. Beautiful
                C. Out of the ordinary

       Give text evidence to support your answer.
 “Put up your weapon in the sheath. We two shall
mingle and make love upon our bed so mutual trust
           may come of play and love.”

            One can infer that Circe:

        A. Dislikes Odysseus and all men
B. Wants male companionship from Odysseus; she
               wants a relationship
             C. She wants to kill him

   Give text evidence to support your answer
Infer why Circe would turn the men to pigs.

              A. Because she likes pigs
B. Because pigs symbolize greed, filth, and the men’s
          actions remind her of the animal
       C. Because she loves the taste of pork
When Odysseus states, “Now, being a man, I could not
help consenting,” to Circe after her request of asking
him to stay longer on her island, what can be inferred
                 by this statement?

A. Odysseus means that he is a mortal man and must
               obey the goddess, Circe.
B. Odysseus means being male he cannot resist Circe’s
                        beauty.
C. Odysseus is going to leave the island and never look
                          back.
                   D. Both A and B
“When the young Dawn with fingertips
     of rose came in the east.”

    Infer what this epithet means:
A. A girl named Dawn lives in the East
          with rose colored nails.
   B. It is a new day, a new beautiful
                 morning.
C. The night is still young and they can
           take Rose to the east.
 Is Odysseus his own antagonist?
Support your answer with textual
            evidence.
What is the inciting incident in the
Odyssey that makes the Cyclopes
 angry. Prove with text evidence.
What action leads to the climax of
  Book Nine of the Odyssey.
Describe the setting of Book Ten.
 Who is the antagonist in Book 9
and 10? Prove with text evidence.
   Name two ways in which you
should use a comma in a sentence.
Give an example of a simile.
“Yawning cavern” is an example of
     what literary element.
Name a theme from Book Nine
 How is the theme of the pitfalls of
temptation evident in the Odyssey.