Fact Questions for
The Odyssey by Homer
The Final Battle
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What does Penelope ask the suitor, Antinous, to remember? (p. 12)
What is the name of Odysseus' dog? (p. 20)
What happens to the dog after seeing Odysseus? (p. 21)
What is Telemachus supposed to do with the suitors weapons? (p. 27)
What is the contest that Penelope devises for the suitors? (p. 39)
Why does Athena call Odysseus a "faithless mortal"? (p. 42)
What sign does Zeus give to Odysseus? (p. 44)
Whom does Odysseus kill first? (p. 60)
Who leads the suitors' ghosts to the Land of the Dead? (pp. 65-66)
What does Odysseus say to Euryclea when she shouts for joy when she sees all the dead suitors? (p. 68)
How does Penelope determine that Odysseus really is Odysseus? (pp. 74-75)
What kind of tree is the bed post made of? (p. 76)
When the suitors' relatives come to avenge their deaths, who stops the fighting? What does she tell Odysseus? (p. 86)
Answers
What does Penelope ask the suitor, Antinous, to remember? (p. 12) That Odysseus once saved him from an angry mob.
What is the name of Odysseus' dog? (p. 20) Argus
What happens to the dog after seeing Odysseus? (p. 21) It dies in peace, because it had finally seen its master come home.
What is Telemachus supposed to do with the suitors weapons? (p. 27) Remove them from the downstairs hall. If anyone asks he will tell them he doesn't want them to get damaged by the heat and smoke of the household fires.
What is the contest that Penelope devises for the suitors? (p. 39) The man who can string the bow of Odysseus and then shoot an arrow through the rings at the end of twelve ax handles she will marry.
Why does Athena call Odysseus a "faithless mortal"? (p. 42) Because he is worried about the battle with the suitors, as if he does not remember all the times that Athena helped him in the past.
What sign does Zeus give to Odysseus? (p. 44) Thunder
Whom does Odysseus kill first? (p. 60) Antinous
Who leads the suitors' ghosts to the Land of the Dead? (pp. 65-66) Hermes
What does Odysseus say to Euryclea when she shouts for joy when she sees all the dead suitors? (p. 68) To be silent. "It is wrong to exult over the dead."
How does Penelope determine that Odysseus really is Odysseus? (pp. 74-75) She says she will move her bed so that Odysseus can sleep in it. Odysseus knows that that bed is made from a tree trunk that is still in the ground. He wants to know how it can be moved. She knows it is him because they are the only two who know about the bed post that is a rooted tree.
What kind of tree is the bed post made of? (p. 76) An olive tree.
When the suitors' relatives come to avenge their deaths, who stops the fighting? What does she tell Odysseus? (p. 86) Athena. She says that the fighting will anger the gods, that it must end and there must be peace from now on.
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