The Odyssey - Mr. Harris English Class



The Odyssey Review Questions Name:

Book 21: Test of the Bow (p 1250-1255) Date:

DIRECTIONS: Answer all of the following questions in complete sentences.

|What two suitors does Odysseus observe as being particularly “rude and demanding?” |

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|What news did “Odysseus the beggar” tell Penelope? |

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|What is the prize of the archery contest Penelope proposes? |

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|What caused Penelope to “sob[bed] and bit[e] her lip and let the salt tears flow?” What does this say about Penelope and her feelings for her absent |

|husband? |

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|What are the two parts of the challenge that Penelope announces? |

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|What happens when the suitors try to accomplish this challenge? |

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|While the suitors are competing in the “test of the bow,” who does Odysseus enlist? |

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|How does Odysseus prove his identity to Eumaeus and Philoetius? What orders does he give the two men? |

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|What sign does Zeus send as an omen? |

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|What does Telemachus do when Odysseus “dropped his eyes and nodded”? |

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