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Name: ______________________________Assignment: _____________________ Jackson: _______________________________ Date: _______________________ The Odyssey Books 1-10 Study Guide Directions: Answer each of the following questions in the format of a constructed response answer. Remember that you must restate the question and provide text evidence to support your conclusions. 1. In Book I of the Odyssey, who is blamed for killing Agamemnon? 2. Who holds Odysseus in the beginning of the Odyssey? 3. Who does the disguised Athena appear to be in Book I of the Odyssey? 4. How large a crew does Telemachus request?

5. How long did Penelope keep the suitors at bay by weaving and unweaving? 6. When Telemachus leaves home in book 3, where does Telemachus land first? 7. Why is Telemachus worried about addressing Nestor? 8. What does Telemachus tell Nestor is his mission? 9. In book V what does one find to be the ultimate fate of Menelaus? 10. 11. Who tells Menelaus to get moving? Why does Helen drug the wine?

Jackson English I 12. What was Odysseus' main activity on the island of Calypso?

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Whom does Zeus send to Calypso?

14. Why is Odysseus suspicious of Calypso's helping him get ready to depart?

15. On which day of his voyage from the island of Calypso does Odysseus first spot land?

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Why does Odysseus say he wants to leave Calypso's island?

17. What does Calypso tell the divine messenger she will give Odysseus? 18. What does Athena tell Nausicaa to do to help to prepare for marriage?

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What does Odysseus tell Nausicaa is the greatest gift? Where had the Phaeacians lived before? What are Phaeacian women famed for? What were the men of Phaeacia famed as? What is the blood relationship between Arete and Alcinous? What does Alcinous want of Odysseus?

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25. What does Athena do to make Odysseus more appealing to the Phaeacians? 26. 27. How does Odysseus handle his tears? In which sport does Odysseus demonstrate his skill?

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What prompts Odysseus to enter the contests? How does Elpinor die?

30. Why did Odysseus' men open the bag holding Odysseus' special gift? 31. 32. 33. Who were the Laestrygonians? Where does Circe tell Odysseus to go next? What harm comes from the Lotus-Eaters?

34. Why does Odysseus not kill the Cyclops when he has the chance? 35. 36. 37. 38. Why don't the other Cyclops help Polyphemus? What was Ithaca good for raising? What was the special gift Aeolus gave Odysseus? What is the unnecessary and foolish thing Odysseus says to

Jackson English I the Cyclops? 39. What did the crew of Odysseus find (first) on the land of the Cyclops? 40. After leaving the Cyclops where did the crew of Odysseus first land?