Epic Poetry: Quiz 3
"May the godsRain down all kinds of fortune on your lives,Misfortune never harbor in your homeland." This is an example of what type of irony?
dramatic irony
"Never another master kind as he!I'll never find one - no matter where I go,not even if I went back to mother and father,the house where I was born and my parents reared me once.Ah, but much as I grieve for them, much as I longto lay my eyes on them. Set food on the old soil,it's longing for him, him that wrings my heart -Odysseus, lost and gone!That man, old friend, far away as he is...I can scarcely bear to say his name aloud,so deeply he loved me, cared for me, so deeply.Worlds away as he is, I call him my Master, Brother!" What theme is being expressed in this passage?
loyalty
Which of the following best explains why Odysseus starts crying when he looks around his home?
He does not recognize his home land - he thinks he is somewhere else.
What is the main reason that Antinous wants to kill Telemachus?
He is next in line to kill Telemachus
What does Zeus allow Poseidon to do to the Phaeacians?
He tells them to pile a mountain around their port and turns their ship into a rock.
As a father, brimming with love, welcomes homehis darling only son in a warm embrace -what pain he's borne for him and him alone..............................................His words flew from the heart. "You're home...Sweet light of my eyes!" Who is the speaker of this passage?
Eumaeus
I'll never find one - no matter where I go,not even if I went back to mother and father,the house where I was born and my parents reared me once.Ah, but much as I grieve for them, much as I longto lay my eyes on them. Set food on the old soil,it's longing for him, him that wrings my heart -Odysseus, lost and gone!That man, old friend, far away as he is...I can scarcely bear to say his name aloud,so deeply he loved me, cared for me, so deeply.Worlds away as he is, I call him my Master, Brother!" Who is the speaker of this passage?
Eumaeus
But he stood up against it - steady as a rock,Unstaggered by Antinous's blow - just shook his head,Silent, mind churning with thoughts of bloody work. Fagles, 17:515-517 What does the following passage show about the progression of the character of Odysseus?
It illustrates Odysseus's
Whose epithet is "the man who had borne so much"?
Odysseus
Identify the speaker and purpose of the passage: "My story - the whole truth - I'm glad to tell it all. I hail from Crete's broad land I'm proud to say. And I am a rich man's son.
Odysseus is lying to swineherd.
"Give me a morsel, friend. You're hardly the worst Achaean here, it seems. The noblest one, in fact .You look like a king to me!" Identify the speaker of this passage.
Odysseus is speaking to Antinous
What is the significance of facial hair to the main characters?
Penelope created a story that explained that Odysseus had informed her to marry once Telemachus grew facial hair.
When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, what emotion does Athena show when she learns that his story is made up?
She is food-natured
As a father, brimming with love, welcomes homehis darling only son in a warm embrace -what pain he's borne for him and him alone..............................................His words flew from the heart. "You're home...Sweet light of my eyes!" Whom is the speaker referring to in this passage?
Telemachus
"May the godsRain down all kinds of fortune on your lives,Misfortune never harbor in your homeland." To whom is the speaker speaking?
the Phaeacians
"Athena said, 'Its wrong, Telemachus, wrong to rove so far, so long from home, leaving your own holdings unprotected.'" What is the meaning of the word rove as it is used above?
wander
