Odyssey Book 9 Summary Test Questions – Flashcards
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What is the title of book 9 of the Odyssey?
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In the One-Eyed Gaint's Cave
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What are the three places Odysseus visits?
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Ismarus, Land of the Lotus-Eaters and The Land of the High and Mighty Cyclops
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__________ is the son of Laertes, King of Ithaca, and is on a voyage coming back from Troy and is cursed by Poseidon
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Odysseus
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__________is a God that put a curse on Odysseus so he can never find home
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Poseidon
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___________ is a cyclops that has his cave intruded by Odysseus and is the son of Poseidon
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Polyphemus
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___________ are the people that lived in Ismarus. They killed 72 Odysseus's men
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Cicones
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____________ are the people who lived on the land of the Lotus eaters. They are addicted to the fruit called the lotus
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Lotus eaters
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___________ is Odysseus first stop
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Ismarus
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____________ are the people that live in Ismarus
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Cicones
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How many of Odysseus's men are killed in Ismarus?
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72
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What is Odysseus's second stop?
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The land of the Lotus eaters
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In Ismarus who is greedy?
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Odysseus's men
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__________ is Odysseus's third stop
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The island of the cyclops
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When they are on the island of cyclops, who is greedy?
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Odysseus
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Why can't Odysseus escape the Polyphemus's cave?
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There is a boulder in the entrance
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What do Odysseus's men do to get pay back for killing 4 men?
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They get him drunk and stab him in the eye when he sleeping
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How do Odysseus and his men escape the island of cyclops?
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They hide under the bellies of sheep and rams
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When they are leaving the island of the cyclops, what does Odysseus do?
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Odysseus reveals his name and tells him that he stabbed him in the eye. This gets Polyphemus mad and he starts to throw rocks and prays to his father Poseidon that they never find home and when they do, Odysseus is a broken man and he comes back with no shipmates.
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Who is the two goddesses that wanted to keep Odysseus for themselves?
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Calypso and Circe
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Where is ilium?
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In Troy
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Who saves Odysseus's men from the Lotus eaters?
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Odysseus
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The island of the cyclops were not ________. Each cyclops had his or her own cave. No humans lived on the island.
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Civilized
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____________ is the peace offering for the cyclops Odysseus encountered
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Wine ( from Maron, the lord of Ismarus b/c they saved his wife and children)
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What gets Odysseus and his men trapped in the Polyphemus's cave?
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Odysseus's greediness (opposite of Ismarus)
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What does Odysseus ask Polyphemus to do when he comes back?
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To host them in respect for the gods.
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What is Odysseus's first trick?
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Odysseus tells Polyphemus that he has only one ship, even though he has 11 other ships.
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What is Odysseus's second trick?
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He tells Polyphemus that his name is nobody
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What ram does Odysseus use
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A bellwhether ram
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When Odysseus reveals his name to Polyphemus, Polyphemus is reminded of the ____________.
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Prophecy
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When Odysseus escapes he offers the _____________ to Zeus.
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Bellwhether ram
