The Odyssey : viewing questions

1. 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 ______________.

2. The Odyssey viewing questions, page 2 • 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 _________________________.

3. The Odyssey viewing question : page 3 • 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 ____________________.

4. The Odyssey viewing questions : page 4 • Because of what Odysseus men did to the Sun God’s 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 Penelope’s suitors plotted to kill _____________________.

5. The Odyssey viewing questions : page 5 • 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 beggar’s 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 ___________________.

6. The Odyssey viewing questions : page 6 • 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 _________________________.

7. The Odyssey viewing questions : page 7 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 _________________.