The Odyssey: Writing a Character Analysis, Part 3 — Quiz Answers

Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey is cited properly in MLA style?

What excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best establishes Odysseus’s weakness?

Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best support the conclusion that Odysseus is clever?

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer. I would not heed them in my glorying spirit, but let my anger flare and yelled: 'Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!' This excerpt best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is

Read this excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer. Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting, no consultation or old tribal ways, but each one dwells in his own mountain cave dealing out rough justice to wife and child, indifferent to what the others do.

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer. We would entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods' courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.' He answered this from his brute chest, unmoved 'You are a ninny, or else you come from the other end of nowhere, telling me, mind the gods! We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far. How does this excerpt prove that Odysseus causes his crew’s demise?

Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer. but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones. How does this excerpt prove that Odysseus’s men caused their own problems?

Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer. They fell in, soon enough, with Lotus-Eaters, who showed no will to do us harm, only offering the sweet Lotus to our friends— but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland. I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest: All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one taste the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home. Which line from the excerpt supports the conclusion that Odysseus cares for his men?

Read this excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer. My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones. This was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. So doom appeared to us

This question has two parts. First, answer Part 1. Then, answer Part 2. Part 1 Read this excerpt from “The Odyssey.” “‘Give me another, thank you kindly. Tell me, how are you called? I'll make a gift will please you. Even Cyclopes know the wine-grapes grow out of grassland and loam in heaven's rain, but here's a bit of nectar and ambrosia! Three bowls I brought him, and he poured them down. I saw the fuddle and flush come over him, then I sang out in cordial tones: 'Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy.' And he said: 'Nohbdy's my meat, then, after I eat his friends. Others come first. There's a noble gift, now.’” What does this excerpt reveal about Odysseus’s character?

Part 2 Which quotation best supports the correct answer to Part 1?