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Mythology/Odyssey Test Review
Test Date: 11/7/13 (Thursday)
Slide2MYTHOLOGY/ODYSSEY
ThemesLit. Terms
Odyssey Plot
Epic Poetry
Mythology
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Slide3Name this Greek god.
Symbol: thunderbolt Animal: eagle 10 points
Slide4Name this Greek god.
Polyphemus’ father. 20 points
Slide5Name this Greek goddess.
Zeus’ favorite daughter.Odysseus’ divine helper. 30 points
Slide6Name the three Greek goddess involved in the story of the Golden Apple.
40 points
Slide7Name the Greek god who gave Odysseus the bag of wind in Aeolia.
50 points
Slide8Who was the blind bard and what two epics did he write?
10 points
Slide9How were epic poems like
The Odyssey delivered?Written in books.Performed orally at feasts by a bard or minstrel.Performed on stage with a full cast and set. 20 points
Slide10What is the name of the bard’s preparation prayer that begins both of Homer’s epics,
The Iliad and The Odyssey? 30 points
Slide11What is the name of the plot structure in which the narrative begins in the middle?
40 points
Slide12What two purposes or uses did epic poetry serve for the ancient Greeks?
50 points
Slide13What are the names of Odysseus’ wife and son?
10 Points
Slide14Who’s divine cattle does Odysseus’ crew eat?
20 points
Slide15Why does Athena disguise Odysseus as a beggar before he enters his home?
30 points
Slide16Name Odysseus’ faithful maid that recognizes the scar on his leg.
40 points.
Slide17List three of Odysseus’ strategies or plans.
50 points.
Slide18What literary term is the following excerpt an example of?
Odysseus let the bright molten tears run down his cheeks, weeping the way a wife mourns for her lordon the lost field where he has gone down fightingthe day of wrath that came upon his children.
At the sight of the man panting and dying there,
she slips down to enfold him, crying out;
then feels the spears, prodding her back and shoulders,
and goes bound into slavery and grief.
Piteous weeping wears away her cheeks:
but no more piteous than Odysseus' tears. . . . “ (VIII.544-54).
10 points.
Slide19How does the tone change from
Part One: The Wanderings to Part Two: The Homecoming? 20 Points
Slide20Odysseus boasting his name to Polyphemus is an example of which type of characterization: direct or indirect?
30 Points
Slide21List three types of literary devices crucial to helping listeners engage with
The Odyssey. 40 points
Slide22Name one sound device common in epic poetry used in the following example:
So with our brand we bored that great eye socket while blood ran out around the red hot bar. Eyelid and lash were seared; the pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped.
50 points
Slide23What is another name for the Hero’s Journey and what man coined the term?
10 Points
Slide24What two themes derive from the Greek words for hospitality and the return home?
20 points
Slide25List three examples of disrespecting the Gods and explain the consequences.
30 points
Slide26List two examples each
:The laws of hospitality being honored abused 40 points
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Three Part Question:List three antagonists. Explain what they do to block or go against the protagonist.What theme(s) does each shed light on? 50 points
Slide28Double Jeopardy!
Explain the significance of the theme of hospitality in The Odyssey.Cite one example from the novel where hospitality was extended, and one example where hospitality was withheld, as well as the consequences of that action.
5 points to test
Mythology/Odyssey Test Review
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