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1. What word does use to describe his men after the first battle with the Cicones? How had they disobeyed him?

2. What or who were the Cicones? State the simile that uses to describe their arrival at the second battle.

3. After battling the Cicones, how do Odysseus’ men honor their dead?

4. What effect did the Lotus plant have on the people who ate it? What does Odysseus have to do to some of his men before they can leave the island?

5. What do these episodes suggest about the kinds of problems Odysseus has with his men?

6. What are ? According to the text, where do they live?

7. In what way(s) is Odysseus critical of the Cyclopes? What does this seem to indicate about the type of society the Greeks valued?

8. What are some of the items that Odysseus and the men find in the ’ lair?

9. Why can’t Odysseus and his men escape? Consider what they Cyclops uses for his door. How heavy is the door of the Cyclops’ cave?

10. What is the first villainous thing the Cyclops does?

11. Why doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops when he has the chance?

12. What does , the Cyclops, eat for breakfast?

13. What do the men make while the Cyclops is gone?

14. What does Odysseus give the Cyclops as a gift, and why?

15. What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops that his name is in line 315? How does this help Odysseus and his men later in this episode when the other Cyclopes come?

16. What do Odysseus and his men do to the Cyclops? Why do they do this instead of killing him?

17. The Cyclops is standing in the door, so how do Odysseus and his men escape? (p. 1058-59) Refer to the book and not the movie!!!

18. Why does Odysseus shout his real name as he leaves?

19. What does the Cyclops ask his father to do for him?

20. Give an example of personification, alliteration, and a simile from this section.  Personification:

 Alliteration:

 Simile:

21. Who is the god of the wind?

22. What favor does he do for Odysseus?

23. What stupid mistake do some of the men make on the ship?

24. How do even more men die after the bag incident?

25. Who is “the enchantress,” and on what island does she live?

26. What does do to Odysseus’ men?

27. How does Odysseus manage to avoid falling under her spell?

28. How does Odysseus get her to release his men?

28. What instructions does Circe give Odysseus?

29. What sacrifice does Odysseus make in the Land of the Dead?

30. What three “spirits” or “ghosts” does Odysseus encounter in the Land of the Dead? Describe the conversation he has with each. 

31. What warning does give regarding the cattle of Thrinacia?

32. What does Tiresias predict for Odysseus?

33. What does Tiresias say Odysseus should do about the suitors at his house?

34. What does Tiresias say Odysseus should do after dealing with the suitors?

35. What will be the result if he does what Tiresias tell him?

36. Why should Odysseus be wary of the Sirens?

37. What does Odysseus do to keep his men from hearing the ’s song? What does he have them do to him so he can hear the song?

38. Describe Scylla.

39. Describe Charybdis.

40. Why do you think Odysseus chooses to sail toward Scylla rather than Charybdis?

41. What does Odysseus keep secret from his men?

42. Describe the circumstances of Odysseus’s shipmates’ deaths. Is it Odysseus’s fault?

43. Give an example of alliteration, personification, and a simile from this section of the epic.  alliteration

 personification

 simile

44. Where do Odysseus and his remaining men take cover from the storm? What does he tell them not to eat?

45. How long does it storm? What do they run out of?

46. Odysseus goes onto the island to ______but instead he ______.

47. While he is gone, what argument does Eurylochus use to convince the men to eat the forbidden item?

48. Which god punishes them, and how does he do this?

49. How does Odysseus manage to get past Scylla and Charybdis a second time?

50. How long is Odysseus alone in the sea? Whose island does he eventually wash up on?