Prologue - Book 4 Chapters 1 - 3
What advice does Mentor give to Telemachus?
Vocabulary:
grievous (7)
deception (11)
feeble (13)
vehemence (24)
Chapters 4 - 6
Who are some of the famous Greeks that Telemachus seeks out to ask about his father? What do they know of him?
Vocabulary:
shroud (41)
scorn (45)
defile (57)
rejoice (75)
Chapter 7 - Epilogue
Why did Calypso hold Odysseus for so long? What does she give to him when he leaves?
Vocabulary:
ambrosia (78)
cove (95)
Book 5 Chapters 1 - 4
Why would singing about the Trojan War cause Odysseus to weep?
Vocabulary:
reunite (106)
soiled (115)
vagabond (121)
dignity (133)
Chapters 5 - 7
What do people in Ithica believe happened to Odysseus? Who would benefit from his death?
Vocabulary:
awe (142)
deceit (152)
torment (161)
Chapters 8 - 10
How does Telemachus receive his father? If you had a parent missing for 20 years, how might you respond?
Vocabulary:
consent (168)
beckon (179)
vital (180)
protest (186)
Book 6 Chapters 1 - 3
Why does Odysseus beg from each suitor? Who treats him poorly?
Vocabulary:
humiliation (192)
exceed (197)
disorder (203)
boisterous (204)
Chapters 4 - 6
What challenge does Penelope put before the suitors? Who is able to do it?
Vocabulary:
endure (223)
omen (226)
clench (229)
cease (235)
Chapters 7 - 9
What message does Zeus send to Odysseus at the end? What lessons do you think are taught throughout the Odyssey?
Vocabulary:
hurl (245)
astray (246)
carnage (249)
stammer (264)
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