The Odyssey
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Who is the cunning hero and protagonist of The Odyssey?
Odysseus
(wrong answers:
Hector,
Achilles,
Agamemnon)
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Which city did Odysseus spend ten years fighting to conquer?
Troy
(wrong answers:
Ithaca,
Thebes,
Sparta)
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Which goddess regularly assists Odysseus and advocates for him?
Athena
(wrong answers:
Artemis,
Hera,
Aphrodite)
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What is the name of Odysseus’s loyal wife, who waited many years for his return?
Penelope
(wrong answers:
Clytemnestra,
Helen,
Andromache)
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How does Odysseus outsmart the Cyclops Polyphemus?
By telling him his name is 'Nobody' (Odysseus’s clever ruse)
(wrong answers:
By offering him a golden apple,
By sneaking past while invisible,
By bargaining with Zeus)
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Odysseus's journey home took only a few weeks.
False (It took years!!)
(wrong answers:
True)
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Penelope remained faithful to Odysseus during his entire absence.
True
(wrong answers:
False)