The Odyssey Questions and Answers
What are the challenges that Odysseus had to face on his journey home?
What are 3 examples of times when Odysseus demonstrated epic hero/god like qualities in The Odyssey?
Who does Odysseus encounter in the Land Of The Dead in Homer's Odyssey?
In the Odyssey, what does Teiresias (the prophet in the Land of the Dead) warn Odysseus against in his prophecy?
In The Odyssey, how does the character of Odysseus change from the beginning of his quest until the end?
In The Odyssey, why does Odysseus tell Polyphemus that his name is Nobody?
Summary of epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Where does Odysseus lose all of his men?
When does Odysseus show bravery in The Odyssey?
Epithets In The Odyssey
In The Odyssey, what does Calypso offer Odysseus if he stays with her?
Which positive and negative character traits does Odysseus demonstrate in his adventure with the Cyclops in The Odyssey?
In the Land of the Dead, how does Odysseus react to each of the three ghosts (Elpenor, Anticlea, and Tiresias)? Also, how are some of his actions or characteristics different here than earlier in the story?
How does Odysseus help his men overcome their fear as the ship approaches Scylla and Charybdis?
Why does Odysseus want to visit Polyphemus?
What do Odysseus's men want to do when they find the Cyclops' cave?
What are the suitors' plans for Telemachus? How does Penelope hear of the plans?
In The Odyssey, what is the conflict and resolution of "Odysseus's Revenge"?
What quotes show how Odysseus is a good leader?
How does Achilles act in the Underworld?
Identify the exposition, rising action action, climax, falling action, and resolution in Homer's Odyssey.
What is a negative characteristic of Odysseus, other than being proud and fame-seeking, in Homer's Odyssey?
In The Odyssey, did Odysseus do the right thing in not telling his men about the monsters?
Why does Odysseus want to go home in the Odyssey?
Why didn't Odysseus go right home after the war in The Odyssey? Why were the gods angry?
In The Odyssey, what are some examples that prove that Odysseus is arrogant? I already have the part of when Odysseus yells his name to the Cyclops.
What makes Odysseus a good leader in The Odyssey?
Where is dramatic irony in The Odyssey, and what does this show about Odysseus' character?
What does Odysseus tell the cyclops Polyphemus about his boat, and why does he do that?
In the Odyssey by Homer, what lessons did Odysseus learn after each place he visited?
Why does Odysseus want to hear the sirens' song?
Who does Athena disguise herself as when she goes to see Telemachus?
What does Odysseus promise the swineherd and cowherd Eumaerus and Philoetius if they stand by him?
What happens to Odysseus at the end of the story?
How do the gods play a role in the death of Odysseus’s men in The Odyssey?
Why does Odysseus want to stay in Polyphemus's cave even though his men press him to leave?
Why does The Odyssey start with the invocation of the muse? What does this tell about Homer and the book?
How does Nestor react when he realizes who Telemachus' companion is in The Odyssey?
What are some examples of repetition in The Odyssey?
What does the Cyclops ask his father Poseidon to do for him?
How does Odysseus display hubris?
What is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution for The Odyssey?
Why is Poseidon angry at Odysseus?
What did Odysseus advise Penelope to do when he left?
What are five reasons why Odysseus is not a hero?
How did Penelope trick the suitors?
Imagery In The Odyssey
Odysseus does not tell his crew everything Teiresias and Circe predict will happen to them as they get closer to home. Do you think Odysseus's decision to withhold this information is a good one?
What are some similes in Book 5 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles?
In Book 16 of The Odyssey, what simile does Homer use to describe the reunion of Telemachus and Odysseus?
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