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Quiz: Characters, Allusions, Epithets & Epic Similes

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Stopping on the island of the Lotus Eaters is nearly disastrous for Odysseus and his crew because
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the island is home to a six-headed monster that likes to eat travelers.
killing any of the island's cattle enrages the god Helios.
eating the Lotus flower makes people forget all about going home.
the fruit of the Lotus tree looks delicious but is deadly.

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Q1
Stopping on the island of the Lotus Eaters is nearly disastrous for Odysseus and his crew because
the island is home to a six-headed monster that likes to eat travelers.
killing any of the island's cattle enrages the god Helios.
eating the Lotus flower makes people forget all about going home.
the fruit of the Lotus tree looks delicious but is deadly.
60s
Q2
Polyphemus is a
Cyclops
Sea Monster
Goddess
Shade
45s
Q3
Circe is a
Calypso's Sister
Siren
Witch/ Enchantress
Shade
45s
Q4
Odysseus says that the Cyclops “clutched at my companions / and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies / to beat their brains out, spattering the floor. / Then he dismembered them and made his meal, / gaping and crunching like a mountain lion.” He uses a simile to compare the Cyclops to a
delicious meal.
spattered floor.
mountain lion.
squirming puppy.
120s
Q5
Which trait of an epic hero does Odysseus show when he ties his men to the rams?
strength
courage
immortality
cleverness
45s
Q6
What is the epithet?
"A prodigious man slept in this cave alone..."
"...young Dawn with finger tips of rose..."
"Old ship mates, friends, the rest of you stand by!"
"He kept Apollo's holy grove at Ismarus..."
45s
Q7
"Even Cyclopes know the wine grapes grow out of grassland and loam on heaven's rain, but here's a bit of nectar and ambrosia." What is the allusion?
nectar and ambrosia
Even Cyclopes know
wine rapes grow out of grassland
heaven's rain
45s