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The Odyssey: Symbolism and Making Predictions, Part 5 Answers

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Which excerpt from The Odyssey best demonstrates the importance of perseverance in Greek society?

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Long ships with good stout planks athwart—would fighters rig themto ride the barren sea, except for hunger?
B
“I learnedto keep my head in hardship—years of warand years at sea. Let this new trial come.”
C
The young men, afterward,hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master's absence.
D
No man of woman born could work these wondersby his own craft, unless a god came into it with ease to turn him young or old at will.
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Which Greek values are found in The Odyssey? Choose four answers.technologyloyaltyhospitalityself-controlcelebrityfamilyefficiency

A
technology
B
loyalty
C
hospitality
D
self-control
E
celebrity
F
family
G
efficiency
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Which is a step in making and checking predictions while reading?

A
listing characters and their personality traits
B
connecting clues to background knowledge
C
interpreting symbols within figurative language
D
identifying setting and plot in the literature
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Then, throwinghis arms around this marvel of a fatherTelemachus began to weep. Salt tearsrose from the wells of longing in both men,and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestings farmers take before they fly

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hospitality
B
generosity
C
perseverance
D
family ties
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.But when he knew he heardOdysseus' voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master.And the man looked away,wiping a salt tear from his cheek:

A
loyalty
B
sadness
C
illness
D
ignorance
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Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of hospitality in Greek society?

A
Here is a poor man come, a wanderer,driven by want to beg his bread, and everyonein hall gave bits, to cram his bag—onlyAntinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder
B
“Suppose Athena’s arm is over us, and Zeusher father’s, must I rack my brains for more?”
C
“The cruel belly, can you hide its ache?How many bitter days it brings!”
D
Odysseus only shook his head, containingthoughts of bloody work, as he walked on,then sat, and dropped his loaded bag againupon the door sill.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.“Stranger,you are no longer what you were just now!Your cloak is new; even your skin! You areone of the gods who rule the sweep of heaven!Be kind to us, we’ll make you fair oblation and gifts of hammered gold. Have mercy on us!”

A
The new cloak represents Odysseus’s love for his wife, Penelope, and his grown son, Telemachus.
B
The new cloak represents Odysseus’s great wealth and successful journey.
C
The new cloak represents Odysseus’s transformation from a weary traveler to the returning hero.
D
The new cloak represents Odysseus’s changed character from innocent young man to power-hungry ruler.
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Rachel is making predictions about The Odyssey as she reads this excerpt.So she described it, sitting in her chamberamong her maids—while her true lord was eating. Then she called in the forester and said:“Go to that man on my behalf, Eumaeus,and send him here, so I can greet and question him. Abroad in the great world, he may have heard rumors about Odysseus—may have known him!”

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he may have heard/ rumors about Odysseus
B
sitting in her chamber/ among her maids
C
Then she called in the forester
D
Abroad in the great world
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scientific hypothesiseducated guesssimple explanationestimated amount

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scientific hypothesis
B
educated guess
C
simple explanation
D
estimated amount
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey."My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it?Here is Odysseus' hall: no hall like thisSee how one chamber grows out of another;see how the court is tight with wall and coping;no man at arms could break this gateway down!”

A
home
B
family
C
strength
D
glory

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