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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. The Odyssey. Click to begin. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy. The ‘Epic’. Characters. Events/ Adventures. General Information. Miscellaneous. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 10 Point. 20 Points. 20 Points. 20 Points.

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy The Odyssey Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. The ‘Epic’ Characters Events/ Adventures General Information Miscellaneous 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  4. Every epic opens with a short poem which states the theme of the work. Name this convention.

  5. Invocation

  6. “But the man skilled in all ways of contending,/satisfied by the great bow’s look and heft,/like a musician, like a harper, when/with quiet hand upon his instrument/ he draws between his thumb and forefinger/ a sweet new string upon a peg…” This quote is an example of what?

  7. Epic/Homeric simile

  8. What is it called when the reader is brought into the middle of the action, and the poet catches the reader up on what has happened before.

  9. In media res (in the middle of things)

  10. Give 2 characteristics of an epic hero.

  11. An epic hero is: Larger than life (braver, stronger, smarter…) On a quest for something of great value Encounters larger than life villans Interfered with by the gods Of nobility and possesses human weaknesses

  12. What is a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures?

  13. An Epic

  14. The Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus

  15. Polyphemus

  16. The name of the sea goddess who loved Odysseus

  17. Calypso

  18. What are Scylla Charybdis?

  19. Scylla is a sea monster Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool

  20. Who is Antinous?

  21. He is the leader among the suitors

  22. Which character from The Odyssey assists Odysseus and Telemachus with divine powers throughout the epic and speaks up for them in the councils of the gods on Mount Olympus.

  23. Athena

  24. Why don’t the others help Polyphemus when yells for them?

  25. Because Odysseus tricked him saying his name was 'Nohbdy'

  26. When/how are the last of Odysseus’ men killed?

  27. As they leave the Island of the Sun God, Zeus hits their ship with a thunderbolt and shatters it.

  28. Why does Odysseus go to the Land of the Dead?

  29. Circe tells him to speak to Tiresias.

  30. What is Penelope’s test?

  31. She tells Eurycleia to move the bed into the hall, and Odysseus reveals his knowledge of the bed.

  32. To whom does Odysseus recount his 10 year journey?

  33. Alcinous and the Phaeacians.

  34. Who wrote The Odyssey?

  35. Homer

  36. The Odyssey begins after what war?

  37. The Trojan War

  38. Odysseus is the King of this island.

  39. Ithaca

  40. Where is Odysseus when the story opens?

  41. He is on Calypso’s island

  42. It is believed The Odyssey was written around what time?

  43. 800-600 BC

  44. Describe Penelope in one word.

  45. Faithful

  46. What is Odysseus’ fatal flaw?

  47. Excessive pride

  48. Who is Argus and what happens when he sees Odysseus?

  49. His dog who dies after seeing his master

  50. Why does Zeus strike Odysseus’ ship with a thunderbolt?

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