Homer's Odyssey (Myth-Folklore Online)

The Odyssey (Books 9-11)

Week 4: Ancient Greece - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

Reading Quiz

The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When you take the quiz, you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.

Apply the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes. In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than 80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes) and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.

T or F ? Whenever Sisyphus rolls his rock up the hill, it rolls back down again.
T or F ? Wolves and lions prowled around the house of Circe.
T or F ? Ulysses was driven by a storm and shipwrecked on the Cyclops' island.
T or F ? Elpenor died when he fell off the roof of Circe's house.
T or F ? The Cyclops hated the taste of the wine.
T or F ? The ghost of Teiresias drank the blood and answered Ulysses's questions.
T or F ? The entrance to Cyclops' cave was blocked by a bronze door.
T or F ? The ghosts of the dead came to drink the blood of the sacrificed animals.
T or F ? Circe gave Ulysses a magic herb called Moly.
T or F ? All by himself, Ulysses drove a sharp stake into the eye of the Cyclops.
T or F ? Ulysses spoke with the ghosts of Agamemnon and Achilles.
T or F ? Cassandra was the blind prophetess of Thebes.
T or F ? The Cyclops had lots of wine and cheese in his cave.
T or F ? Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
T or F ? Polyphemus cursed Ulysses in the name of his father, Jove (Zeus).
T or F ? The Cyclops killed and ate all of Ulysses' companions.
T or F ? Achilles was a king among the dead, happier than he was in life.
T or F ? Cassandra killed Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra.
T or F ? The Cyclops lived in a cave.
T or F ? Circe was weaving a beautiful fabric on the loom.
T or F ? Anticleia had died of grief and longing for her absent son.
T or F ? Ulysses and his men escaped from the cave by digging a tunnel.
T or F ? Elpenor asked Ulysses to build him a funeral mound by the sea shore.
T or F ? The Cyclops told the other Cyclopses that "no man" was hurting him.
T or F ? Circe turned Ulysses's companions into fish.

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