Mr. Fornnarino's Literature and Composition Quiz for the Week of 3-7-11
Be sure to choose each answer carefully. You get only one try to answer each question correctly!
For Questions 1-12, please select the correct deffinition for the given vocabulary word.
prodigious
(adj.) huge
(v.) to ask
(adj.) shocked
(n.) a sudden impulse
entreat
(adj.) huge
(v.) to ask
(adj.) shocked
(n.) a sudden impulse
appalled
(n.) a sudden impulse
(adj.) huge
(adj.) shocked
(v.) to ask
adversary
(v.) outdo
(v.) to get revenge
(adj.) heavy
(n.) an enemy
formidable
(n.) slyness
(adj.) impressive
(adj.) uncaring
(v.) to hate
indifferent
(n.) slyness
(adj.) uncaring
(v.) to hate
(adj.) impressive
whim
(v.) to ask
(adj.) huge
(n.) a sudden impulse
(adj.) shocked
guile
(n.) slyness
(adj.) uncaring
(v.) to hate
(adj.) impressive
ponderous
(v.) outdo
(v.) to get revenge
(adj.) heavy
(n.) an enemy
surpass
(adj.) heavy
(v.) outdo
(n.) an enemy
(v.) to get revenge
disdain
(n.) slyness
(adj.) uncaring
(v.) to hate
(adj.) impressive
avenge
(v.) outdo
(v.) to get revenge
(adj.) heavy
(n.) an enemy
What is Odysseus’s ultimate destination?
home (Ithaca)
the land of the Cyclopes
Olympus (home of the gods)
Troy
Which of the following is not a characteristic of an epic?
It’s a long, narrative poem.
It involves the adventures of a hero.
It addresses universal concerns.
It is set in only one location.
Why, despite the wizard’s prediction, is Polyphemus surprised by Odysseus?
Odysseus arrived earlier than he expected.
Odysseus was supposed to have come alone.
Odysseus is more powerful than he expected.
Odysseus is much smaller than he expected.
What happens to the men who eat the sweet Lotus, and why is this a problem?
They become content, and they forget home.
They become sick, and they don’t want to work.
They become hungry, and they want to eat all of the supplies.
They become angry, and they want to kill the Lotus Eaters.
Which of the following does not show Odysseus’s cunning wisdom and/or bravery?
He offers the Cyclops wine and blinds him.
He tells the Cyclops his name is “Nohbdy.”
He taunts the Cyclops from his ship.
He tells his men to cling to the sheep.
What is Odysseus foreshadowing: “No pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends”?
his tricking of the Cyclops
his men being eaten by the Cyclops
his decision to sail for home
his losses in the Trojan War
Which of the following is not one of Odysseus’s heroic qualities?
strength
cleverness
rudeness
bravery
Which of the following is not one of Odysseus’s human flaws?
conceitedness
loyalty
hot-headedness
curiosity
Which sentence is written correctly?
Alot of people could of fleed the destruction caused by the st lawrence rivers flooding but they had went another route.
Alot of people could of fled the destruction caused by the St. Lawrence rivers flooding but they had went another route.
A lot of people could have fled the destruction caused by the St. Lawrence River’s flooding, but they had gone another route.
Al ot of people could of fled the destruction caused by the St. Lawrence rivers flooding, but they had went another route.
What are at least one heroic quality and one human flaw that Odysseus possesses and how does he display them?
In Book 9 of The Odyssey, Odysseus displays his heroic qualities of strength, cleverness, and courage by figuring out how he and men can escape from the Cyclops’s cave with their lives. He displays his human flaws of curiousness, boastfulness, and hot-headedness by getting himself and his men into the situation with the Cyclops in the first place and then by almost getting them killed with his boasting once they escape from the cave.
In Book 9 of The Odyssey, Odysseus displays his heroic qualities of cleverness and intelligence by figuring out how he can escape from the Cyclops’s cave. He displays his human flaws of fearfulness, selfishness, and laziness by getting himself and his men into the situation with the Cyclops in the first place and then by almost getting them killed while he worries only about his own escape from the cave.
In Book 9 of The Odyssey, Odysseus displays his heroic qualities of bravery, intelligence, and handsomeness by figuring out how he and men can escape from the Cyclops’s cave with their lives. He displays his human flaws of being excessively proud, boastful, and bossy by getting himself and his men into the situation with the Cyclops in the first place and then by almost getting them killed while he worries more about flirting with women than escaping from the cave.
In Book 9 of The Odyssey, Odysseus displays his heroic superhuman powers which allow him and his men to escape from the Cyclops’s cave with their lives. He displays his human flaws of being a liar and being self-centered by getting himself and his men into the situation with the Cyclops in the first place and then by almost getting them killed while he worries more about his own escape than the safety of the men.