English I Name______Johnston/Quinn
Study Guide--The Odyssey Part II--The Return of Odysseus P. 1020 Dissemble ______
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"Twenty Years Gone and I'm Back Again" p. 1022
1. Describe what is going on at Odysseus' homestead.
2. Who is Odysseus' son?
3. Who disguises Odysseus and what is he disguised as? 4. Who is the first person Odysseus visits and what is his occupation?
5. Who is narrating the story now?
6. What advice does Athena give?
7. Why is Odysseus' cloak white?
8. What does Athena make Odysseus look like?
9. Describe Telemachus' reaction to the "new" Odysseus?
10.What Homeric simile is used in this passage?
11.What is Odysseus' reputation?
12.How many foreign men are living on Odysseus' estate?
13.Why does Odysseus think he can defeat these men?
14.What is Odysseus' advice to his son?
"Argus" p. 1028
1. Who is Argus?
2. What does the description of Argus symbolize?
3. What is Odysseus' reaction to the sight of Argus?
4. What does Eumaeus believe has happened to Odysseus? 5. What has been the effect of Odysseus' absence on the people who work there?
6. What effect does the sight of Odysseus have on Argus?
"The Suitors" p. 1029
1. Who is Antinous and characterize him.
2. Describe the exchange between Odysseus and Antinous.
3. What trait is revealed about Odysseus when Antinous mistreats him?
4. What is foreshadowed about Antinous?
5. What are the others' reactions to Antinous?
6. What is Telemachus' reaction, and what does this show about him?
7. Who is Penelope and why does she want to talk to the beggar?
"Penelope" p. 1031
1. What does Odysseus compare Penelope to?
2. Why do you think Odysseus makes up an excuse not to tell Penelope who he is?
3. How does Penelope feel about the suitors?
4. How does Penelope avoid marrying any of the suitors for so long? 5. What does she feel she must do now?
6. What does Odysseus the beggar tell Penelope will happen soon?
"The Challenge" p. 1035
1. What is Penelope's challenge?
2. What more modern folk tale is it similar to?
3. Why do the suitors make fun of Odysseus and what is his reaction?
4. What does Homer compare Odysseus to?
5. What does Odysseus suggest should happen next and why is that ironic?
"Odysseus' Revenge" p. 1039
1. Why has Odysseus chosen a feast time to exact his revenge?
2. Who is killed first and why do you think Odysseus (or Homer) picks this person?
3. Why does Homer describe the first person killed the way he does right before Odysseus kills him?
4. What does Odysseus' revealing his identity now reminiscent of?
5. Is Odysseus right to not listen to Eurymachus? Explain.
6. What is Eurymachus' plan? 7. What trait does Telemachus show in lines 1502-4, and who is it similar to?
8. Who helps Odysseus and his son?
9. What does Homer compare the battle scene to?
"Penelope's Test" p. 1042
1. What does Penelope want to prove?
2. What does Athena make Odysseus look like? Why do you think she does this?
3. Describe how Odysseus built his bed.
4. What is Penelope's test?
5. Is she right to be so cautious? Explain.
6. Sum up how the story finishes. Literature Term Analysis: Read each line and apply the correct literary term. Personification Metaphor Simile Foreshadowing 1. ______“There as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow tossed me, and I sprang for the great fig tree.”
2. ______“Then he dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion.”
3. ______“I brought along, and victuals in a bag, for in my bones I knew some towering brute would be upon us soon.”
4. ______“But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew.”
5. ______“In one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies.”
6. ______“When Dawn spread out her fingertips of rose, the rams began to stir.”