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Why does Telemachus go to Pylos and Sparta?
How does Odysseus escape Polyphemus?
Why doesn’t the goddess Athena get Odysseus home sooner?
Why does Odysseus kill the suitors?
How does Penelope test Odysseus?
What is happening at the beginning of The Odyssey?
Why does Athena help Odysseus so much?
Why does Nestor invite Telemachus to the feast before knowing his identity?
Why does Calypso allow Odysseus to leave her island?
Why does Odysseus sleep with Circe?
Why does Odysseus travel to Hades?
Why does Odysseus fail to reveal his identity to Penelope when they are first reunited?
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What is Odysseus's most distinguishing trait?
His intellect
His compassion
His bravery
His sexuality
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What is kleos?
Homecoming
Noble marriage
Glory through deeds
Dignity in battle
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What does Telemachus do that makes him seem less competent than his father?
He yells at and threatens the suitors.
He leaves the weapons room unlocked.
He doesn't ask for his mother's advice.
He doesn't have the same respect for the gods.
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Why do Odysseus, Telemachus, and Athena repeatedly withhold information from Penelope?
Because she is too excitable
Because she is too skeptical
Because she trusts no one
Because her health is weak
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How does Penelope handle the suitors?
She treats them with disdain.
She vows never to marry again.
She refuses to acknowledge them.
She avoids decisions about remarrying.
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