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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus the beggar as Odysseus in Book 19?
2. Who interprets the sign of the eagle and the goose as Telemachus and Peisistratus are leaving Lacedaemon?
3. What is Penelope's reaction when she sees Odysseus for the first time after the slaughter of the suitors?
4. In Book 24, who tells the assembly that an immortal aided Odysseus?
5. What is the name Odysseus the beggar gives as his own in Book 19?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Vengeance and/or law being exercised fuel much of the action in this epic poem. It is an act of vengeance, which keeps Odysseus so long from his homeland? It is an act of vengeance, which slaughters the suitors? It is vengeance, which moves half the men of Ithaca to attack Odysseus on the farm? Where does the death of Odysseus' crew for the cattle of the Sun fit in? Why does Athena condone the slaughter of the suitors? Select three of these acts. Analyze each act, making sure to include mitigating factors, and determine which are criminal and which are legitimate.
Essay Topic 2
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, cleverly lobbies for Odysseus' return home with her uncle is away from Mt. Olympus. Though she does not openly oppose him, her actions aid someone whom Poseidon despises. Who is more powerful? Why?
Essay Topic 3
As one of the first epic poems of the Western world, The Odyssey is the model from which scholars have dissected and labeled other poems that have followed. Identify the poetic conventions of the epic poem, providing examples from the text to support its use as the model.
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