1. MS. CUTLER ODYSSEY REVIEW

2. QUESTION 1 Did Penelope accept the suitors as guests into her home happily?

3. ANSWER 1 No, she accepted the only because it was the Grecian tradition.

4. QUESTION 2 What is an archetype? And give me an example

5. ANSWER 2 An archetype is a classic example of a character or person. For example a epic hero, evil villain, wicked temptress, etc.

6. QUESTION 3 “You heart is hard as flint” is an example of what?

7. ANSWER 3 simile

8. QUESTION 4 What does Odysseus disguise himself as when he returns to Ithaca?

9. ANSWER 4 Beggar

10. QUESTION 5 What does Circe turn Odysseus’ men into?

11. ANSWER 5 Pigs

12. QUESTION 6 What is an epithet?

13. ANSWER 6 Another name for a character or a nickname.

14. QUESTION 7 What does Odysseus do to save his men from the Sirens?

15. ANSWER 7 Plugs their ears with beeswax.

16. QUESTION 8 What is at the beginning of every epic poem?

17. ANSWER 8 An invocation

18. QUESTION 9 What is the best adjective for Penelope?

19. ANSWER 9 Faithful

20. QUESTION 10 How long was Odysseus away from home?

21. ANSWER 10 20 years

22. QUESTION 11 Who is Telemachus?

23. ANSWER 11 Odysseus’ son

24. QUESTION 12 What is the MAIN conflict in the Odyssey? Explain.

25. ANSWER 12 Man verses man

26. QUESTION 13 What is the challenge that Penelope gives and why is it significant?

27. ANSWER 13 To string Odysseus’ bow and then fire an arrow through 24 small rings. It was supposed to be impossible.

28. QUESTION 14 Who is Polyphemus?

29. ANSWER 14 The Cyclops that captures Odysseus

30. QUESTION 15 What does Odysseus do to Polyphemus?

31. ANSWER 15 He gets him drunk, stabs him in the eye, and tells Polyphemus that his name is “Nohbody”

32. QUESTION 16 How does Penelope test Odysseus?

33. ANSWER 16 She says that she moved their bed, when it is carved out of a tree and their house is built around it.

34. QUESTION 17 Give me an example of Man vs Man in Odyssey

35. QUESTION 18 Give me an example of Man vs Nature from Odyssey

36. QUESTION 19 Give me an example of Man vs self conflict from the Odyssey

37. QUESTION 20 Give me an example of Man vs Society from the Odyssey