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The OdysseyThe Hero’s

JourneyGreek

CharactersThe Odyssey

Part 1 The Odyssey

Part 2The Odyssey

Part 3

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts

Hero’s Journey: 200

• Question:• This step of the Hero’s Journey is where the

hero becomes a new person through a significant experience.

• Answer• Unusual Birth

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Hero’s Journey: 400

• Question:• The Hero is presented with a problem,

challenge, or adventure to undertake which forces him to leave his Ordinary World behind• Answer• Call to Adventure

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Hero’s Journey: 600

• Question:• The hero has decided to act and will now be

implementing that action. This is the point of no return.

• Answer• Crossing of the Threshold

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Hero’s Journey: 800

• Question:• The hero is tested. The hero learns the

special rules of the new world. The hero meets allies and enemies.

• Answer• Road of Trials

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Hero’s Journey: 1000

• Question:• The Hero has hit rock bottom in direct

confrontation with his greatest fear. Faces the possibility of death. The climactic moment of the story.

• Answer• Supreme Ordeal

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Greek Characters: 200

• Question:• This messenger God has winged sandals to

help him accomplish his duties.• Answer• Hermes

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Greek Characters: 400

• Question:• This hero flew into a fit of rage, killed his wife

and children, and had to complete 12 great labors/tasks in order to seek forgiveness.

• Answer• Hercules/Heracles

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Greek Characters: 600

• Question:• This great king started the Trojan War only to

be killed by his wife upon his return home. • Answer• Agamemnon

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Greek Characters: 800

• Question:• This woman was cursed and was given a

head of snakes.• Answer• Medusa

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Greek Characters: 1000

• Question:• This Goddess claims the peacock as her

symbol because it has thousands of eyes so she can keep watch on her chronically cheating husband.

• Answer• Hera

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Ody Part 1: 200• Question:• Who is the only Greek hero who hasn’t

returned home from the Trojan War?• Answer• Odysseus

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Ody Part 1: 400• Question:• What is the name of Odysseus’s wife?• Answer• Penelope

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Ody Part 1: 600• Question:• Which god is not present at the meeting of

the gods because he is on “vacation” in Ethiopia?

• Answer• Poseidon

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Ody Part 1: 800• Question:• What does Ino Leucothea give Odysseus to

keep him safe from Poseidon?• Answer• An enchanted veil

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Ody Part 1: 1000• Question:• Why does Nausicaa bring Odysseus into the

town secretly?• Answer• She doesn’t want anyone to think he is her

lover. To avoid the appearance of inappropriate cavorting in the woods.

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Ody Part 2: 200• Question:• How does Odysseus blind the Cyclops?• Answer• Stabs him in the eye with a spear.

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Ody Part 2: 400• Question:• How do Odysseus and his men escape

Polyphemus?• Answer• Cling to the bellies of sheep.

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Ody Part 2: 600• Question:• What does the god Aeolus give Odysseus to

help him on his journey?• Answer• A bag of winds

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Ody Part 2: 800• Question:• Who is Odysseus looking for when he enters

the underworld?• Answer• The prophet Tiresias

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Ody Part 2: 1000• Question:• What does Odysseus’s crew fill their ears

with to prevent hearing the Sirens?• Answer• They fill their ears with wax.

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Ody Part 3: 200• Question:• What does Poseidon turn the Phaeacian ship

into before it arrives in Ithaca?• Answer• He turns the ship into a rock/stone.

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Ody Part 3: 400• Question:• How does Eumaeus feel about Odysseus?• Answer• He respects, admires, and misses him.

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Ody Part 3: 600• Question:• As part of the plan what does Telemachus

instruct Eurycleia to do?• Answer• Gather all the maids/women together and

lock them up.

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Ody Part 3: 800• Question:• What do Telemachus and Odysseus do to the

disloyal servants?• Answer• Hang them and/or behead them.

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Ody Part 3: 1000• Question:• What must Odysseus do in the morning after

spending one night home with Penelope? *This is after he visits his father.

• Answer• Travel to a land without salt to beg forgiveness

of Poseidon.

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• Name as many Unknown Worlds as you can for

Odysseus in The Odyssey. Winner will be the individual with the most correct responses.

• Answer– Trojan War, Ogygia (Calypso’s Island), Circe’s Island,

Underworld, Phaeacian Kingdom, Cyclopes’ Island, Land of the Laestrygonians, Island of the Sirens, Helios’ Island, …

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Question:What does Ino Leucothea give Odysseus to keep him

safe from Poseidon?Answer

An enchanted veil

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Question:Which animals appear in Penelope’s dream? What

does the dream represent?Answer

An eagle and geese. Odysseus killing the suitors.