Episode 12 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 12: Kleos and Nostos. See how much you remember about the beginning of Homer’s Odyssey by clicking “START” below!

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Queen Arete, upon first meeting Odysseus, noticing a peculiarity about Odysseus’ appearance, asks him about:

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In Book 3 of the Odyssey, Odysseus’ son meets one of Odysseus’ friends from the Trojan War, a wise old man who lives in Pylos. This old man’s name is:

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In some athletic games in the kingdom of the Phaecians, Odysseus impresses everyone by:

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The Ululburun shipwreck, discovered in 1982 and dated to about 1305 BCE, showed historians what about the Late Bronze Age?

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What do (1) kleos and (2) nostos mean?

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King Alcinous, Queen Arete, and the other Phaecians, after learning a bit about Odysseus and how he landed in their kingdom, decide that:

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In Book 6 of the Odyssey, after leaving Calypso’s island and drifting for many days at sea, Odysseus lands in the country in the Phaecians, where he meets:

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Says, in Book 2 of the Odyssey, “If you feel upset, you go! / Out of my house! / Stop eating all my food!”

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What is Penelope’s son’s name?

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In Book 4 of the Odyssey, while Telemachus is visiting Menelaus and Helen in Sparta, Helen tells a story about:

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The outset of Book 5 of the Odyssey, the book sometimes called “Calypso,” pointedly references the myth of:

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In Book 5 of the Odyssey, Odysseus is given a bronze ax in order to build:

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The chief suitor is called:

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The word polytropos, used to describe Odysseus in the Odyssey’s opening line, means:

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This deity, “with eyes like sea light,” constantly helps Odysseus and his son throughout the Odyssey.

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