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1.
What is the purpose of the Muse in Homer's poem? Check all that apply.

to use the poet as a mouthpiece

Correct Response

to back up Homer's claim that he is a god

Correct Response

to add a semi-diine !uality to the act of storytelling

Correct Response

to produce a sense of a sacred te"t that is literally true

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

2.
Choose the ans#er belo# that is the best response to the follo#ing statement$ Homer is a poet
obsessed #ith grandeur% so much so that he neglects small details in faor of the big picture.
 

&his isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry( since he so successfully captures grand eents%
#e can't also e"pect him to spend lots of time on small details.

&his )ust isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry(

po etry( it does not pay sufficient attention to the
scene that closes book 1% and lots of others like it.

Correct Response

&he fact that Homer recognies the grandeur of the gods on *lympus and still focuses on the story
of men on earth means that he's )ust looking for important historical eents% and so it's natural that
he #ould oerlook the small ones.

&hat's )ust the right #ay to look at Homer's poetry.

Correct
1 / 1 points

3.
Ho# does book one of the *dyssey end?

+urycleia shuts the door to &elemachus, bedroom.

Correct Response

*dysseus, men die after eating the cattle of the sun.

enelope goes to sleep.

+urycleia hangs up aertes, cloak.

Correct
1 / 1 points
 

4.
Choose the ans#er that best fills the blank$
b lank$ &elemachus
&elemachus blames  for his current situation.

his father 

the gods

Correct Response

*restes

his mother 

Incorrect
0 / 1 points

5.
n the second lecture of this #eek% #e spoke of an idea #e called 2double determination.2 Check all
statements belo# that e"press the core idea.

When someone performs an admirable action% the gods and fate are thought to hae made it
happen% but still% the person #ho performed the action deseres praise.

Incorrect Response

When bad things happen to good people% it is the gods, fault( but #hen good things happen to bad
people% the gods still get credit for it.

Incorrect Response

When something good happens to a bad person% it sho#s that the Homeric gods are not paying
attention.

Correct Response
 

Correct
1 / 1 points

6.
What is the suitors, reaction to &elemachus,
&elemachus, re!uest that they leae?

fear at the hero &elemachus, possible reenge

indignation at the boy &e

&elemachus,
lemachus, commands

shame at their selfish actions

pity at &e
&elemachus,
lemachus, helplessness

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

7.
n the Odyssey  books
 books one through four #hich of the follo#ing things happen? Check all that apply.

*restes teams up #ith his sister.

Correct Response

 3thena% in the guise of Mentor%

Mentor% urges &elemachu
&elemachus
s to become a man.

Correct Response

*dysseus greets !ueen 3rete

Correct Response
 

&elemachus
&elemachus discusses family alues #ith *restes.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

8.
What is the proper emotional reaction of a hero to an in)ustice?

sorro#

all of these

disappointment

anger 

Correct Response

fear 

Correct
1 / 1 points

9.
n #hat #ay do characters in the Odyssey  hold
 hold up *restes as a model for &elemachus?
&elemachus?

He demonstrates that you must take action against an in)ustice% no matter #hat it takes.

Correct Response

He follo#s the guidance gien by 3thena.

 

He sho#s &elemachus
&elemachus the alue of e"treme #ealth.

He demonstrates the correct #ay to make a sacrifice.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
0.
Who does 4*& adise &elemachus
&elemachus on his traels?

&eiresias

Correct Response

4estor 

Menelaus

 3thena

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
1.
Ho# long #as *dysseus on *gygia #ith Calypso?

5 years

Correct Response

5 months
 

6 years

5 days

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
2.
 3ccording to Homer%
Homer% #hich of the
the follo#ing describes *dysseus, situation as he lands on 7cheria
7cheria for
the first time?

He is like an inisible
i nisible aenger% back to set things right.

He is like a man arriing home% finally safe after storm-tossed suffering.

He is like a glo#ing piece of metal a blacksmith buries% hoping the fire lasts the night.

Correct Response

He is sent a#ay% #hich #as lucky since they #ere going to eat him.

Incorrect
0 / 1 points

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3.
&he haeacians e"cel at... 8check all that apply( and
a nd be careful in your ans#er to sift through any
opening bragging statements to #hat is proed to be true.9

sailing

Correct Response

racing
 

Correct Response

bo"ing

Correct Response

dancing

Incorrect Response

#restling

Incorrect Response

Correct
1 / 1 points
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4.
What happens #hen *dysseus arries at 3lcinous' palace% the description of #hich is a good
e"ample of ring composition?

Homer begins his description #ith 4ausicaa% digresses to the palace% and then returns to 3rete.

Homer has *dysseus arrie at 3lcinous, threshold% ne"t he digresses on the #onder of the palace
pa lace

and grounds% and finally Homer signals that the digression has ended by again mentioning the
threshold.

Correct Response

Homer sho#s *dysseus literally moing in circles around the glorious palace% and so his circular
moement mirrors the shape of a ring.

Correct
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5.
 

:efore the opening pages of book ;% #hat does 3lcinous understand *dysseus, status to be?

recogniable hero in search of con!uest

 polytropos threat
 polytropos threat to be dealt #ith

guest-friend under the customs of  xenia

Correct Response

displaced king pursuing his nostos

Correct
1 / 1 points
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6.
Which of the follo#ing is an e"ample of a functionalist reading?

Calypso,s character proides an e"ample of the archetype of the <)ealous #ife.=

n the Odyssey  many
 many aspects of the story legitimie the central role of  xenia
 xenia in
 in >reek culture.

Correct Response

&he haeacians in the Odyssey  proide

 proide a #arning to all readers at all times not to display e"cessie
#ealth.

&o understand *dysseus% one must understand his function in the story. 3s a male hero% he
demonstrates to the >reeks ho# a man is supposed to function in society.

Correct
1 / 1 points
 

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7.
Why does *dysseus initially enter the athletic games among the haeacians?

He kno#s that he #ill only get to thaka if he proes his strength.

His fighting spirit oercomes his better )udgment.

He desires to proe his superior athleticism to 3lcinous.

:roadsea has taunted him.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
8.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& one of the stories sung by emodocus?

the birth of 3thena

Correct Response

the argument bet#een *dysseus

* dysseus and 3chilles

the loe affair of 3res and 3phrodite

the &ro)an Horse

Correct
1 / 1 points
 

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9.
What pieces of information does 3lcinous ask for from *dysseus at the close of book @?

name% #ife,s name% children% past

name% parents, names% history of his city

name% lineage% hometo#n% past

Correct Response

name% hometo#n% #hy he came to 7cheria

Correct
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2
0.
Which of the follo#ing is a piece of Cornutus, allegorical reading of the myth of 3res and 3phrodite?
3phrodite?

oseidon is the earth!uake the ends the affair.

 3res and 3phrodite

3phrodite are a symbol for adultery.
adultery.

Correct Response

Hermes, laughter symbolies the eternal mockery that follo#s public humiliation.

 3res and 3phrodite

3phrodite produce 7trife from their union.
 

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1.
What is the purpose of the Muse in Homer's poem? Check all that apply.

to back up Homer's claim that he is a god

 

Correct Response

to add a semi-diine !uality to the act of storytelling

Correct Response

to use the poet as a mouthpiece

Correct Response

to produce a sense of a sacred te"t that is literally true

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

2.
Choose the ans#er belo# that is the best response to the follo#ing statement$ Homer is a poet
obsessed #ith grandeur% so much so that he neglects small details in faor of the big picture.

&his )ust isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry(

po etry( it does not pay sufficient attention to the
scene that closes book 1% and lots of others like it.

Correct Response

&hat's )ust the right #ay to look at Homer's poetry.

 

&his isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry( since he so successfully captures grand eents%
#e can't also e"pect him to spend lots of time on small details.

&he fact that Homer recognies the grandeur of the gods on *lympus and still focuses on the story
of men on earth means that he's )ust looking for important historical eents% and so it's natural that
he #ould oerlook the small ones.

Correct
1 / 1 points

3.
Ho# does book one of the *dyssey end?

*dysseus, men die after eating the cattle of the sun.

enelope goes to sleep.

+urycleia shuts the door to &elemachus, bedroom.

Correct Response

+urycleia hangs up aertes, cloak.

 

Correct
1 / 1 points

4.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& one of &elemachus,
&elemachus, troubles?

maintaining *dysseus, estate

trying to be decisie and act like a hero

choosing one of the suitors, daughters to marry

Correct Response

enduring the suitors' abuse

Incorrect
0 / 1 points

5.
n the second lecture of this #eek% #e spoke of an idea #e called 2double determination.2 Check all
statements belo# that e"press the core idea.
 

When someone performs an admirable action% the gods and fate are thought to hae made it
happen% but still% the person #ho performed the action deseres praise.

Incorrect Response

When something good happens to a bad person% it sho#s that the Homeric gods are not paying
attention.

Incorrect Response

When bad things happen to good people% it is the gods, fault( but #hen good things happen to bad
people% the gods still get credit for it.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

6.
Who is &e
&elemachus'
lemachus' primary mentor?

Beus

+umaeus

4estor 
 

 3thena

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

7.
n the Odyssey  books
 books one through four #hich of the follo#ing things happen? Check all that apply.

&elemachus
&elemachus discusses family alues #ith *restes.

Correct Response

 3thena% in the guise of Mentor%

Mentor% urges &elemachu
&elemachus
s to become a man.

Correct Response

*dysseus greets !ueen 3rete

Correct Response

*restes teams up #ith his sister.

Correct Response

Correct
 

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8.
What is the proper emotional reaction of a hero to an in)ustice?

all of these

disappointment

anger 

Correct Response

sorro#

fear 

Correct
1 / 1 points

9.
n #hat #ay do characters in the Odyssey  hold
 hold up *restes as a model for &elemachus?
&elemachus?
 

He sho#s &elemachus
&elemachus the alue of e"treme #ealth.

He follo#s the guidance gien by 3thena.

He demonstrates the correct #ay to make a sacrifice.

He demonstrates that you must take action against an in)ustice% no matter #hat it takes.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
0.
Who does 4*& adise &elemachus
&elemachus on his traels?

&eiresias

Correct Response

4estor 

 3thena
 

Menelaus

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
1.
Who tells Calypso she must let *dysseus
* dysseus leae her island?

Beus% ia his daughter 3thena

Beus% ia his messenger Hermes

Correct Response

the sorceress Circe

 3thena% ia her father Beus

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
2.

Where do the haeacians lie?

 

&hrace

7cheria

Correct Response

*gygia

thaka

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
3.
What happens #hen a haeacian meets a god face-to-face?

&hey turn into s#ine.

&hey shrink in stature.

 

&hey are immolated% like all humans are #hen they see the gods face-to-face.

4othing special$ the haeacians regularly see the gods #ithout disguise.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
4.
What is *dysseus, first action% as the mist hiding him lifts% after he enters the palace on 7cheria?

He comments on the #ealth of 3lcinous.

He grabs the knees of the !ueen 3rete.

Correct Response

He praises the beauty of 4ausicaa.

He asks to marry 4ausicaa.

Correct
1 / 1 points
 

1
5.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& a standard feature of  xenia
 xenia?
?

the laishing of e"traagant gifts on a guest

holding a feast in a guest's honor 

checking a guest's identity before gifts are besto#ed

Correct Response

holding festie games in a guest's honor 

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
6.
Malino#ski argued that% in order to understand
un derstand myths% one needs to understand their function in the
society that tells them. Which of the follo#ing best completes this definition?

&o understand the function of a myth% it is crucial to begin at the origin.

 

Myths are stories #hose themes legitimie social and cultural norms for the culture that tells them.

Correct Response

Myths function as a #ay to structure our understanding of reality. Without

Without them% #e are not capable
een of rudimentary #ays of kno#ing things.

Myths function to e"plain the anomalies in our understanding of the #orld.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
7.
What lie does *dysseus tell 3lcinous?

He turns father against daughter by claiming to

t o be a Cretan.

He claims that 4ausicaa found him clothed.

He claims that he himself suggested to 4ausicaa

4a usicaa that he should enter the to#n alone% #ithout an
escort.

Correct Response
 

He claims that he is in loe #ith 4ausicaa to e"tract more gifts.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
8.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& one of the stories sung by emodocus?

the loe affair of 3res and 3phrodite

the argument bet#een *dysseus

* dysseus and 3chilles

the birth of 3thena

Correct Response

the &ro)an Horse

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
9.
What pieces of information does 3lcinous ask for from *dysseus at the close of book @?
 

name% #ife,s name% children% past

name% lineage% hometo#n% past

Correct Response

name% parents, names% history of his city

name% hometo#n% #hy he came to 7cheria

Correct
1 / 1 points

2
0.
Which of the follo#ing is a part of the allegorical interpretation of Heraclitus on the loe of 3res and
 3phrodite?

&he story demonstrates that the gods are sub)ect to human frailties.

&he story sho#s that public humiliation is the #orst punishment.

&he story coneys the union of loe and strife.

 

Correct Response

&he story sho#s the dangers of adulterous

ad ulterous actiity and public fornication.

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1.
 

What is the purpose of the Muse in Homer's poem? Check all that apply.

to back up Homer's claim that he is a god

Correct Response

to produce a sense of a sacred te"t that is literally true

Correct Response

to add a semi-diine !uality to the act of storytelling

Correct Response

to use the poet as a mouthpiece

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

2.
Choose the ans#er belo# that is the best response to the follo#ing statement$ Homer is a poet
obsessed #ith grandeur% so much so that he neglects small details in faor of the big picture.

&his isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry( since he so successfully captures grand eents%
#e can't also e"pect him to spend lots of time on small details.
 

&hat's )ust the right #ay to look at Homer's poetry.

&his )ust isn't a fair characteriation of Homer's poetry(

po etry( it does not pay sufficient attention to the
scene that closes book 1% and lots of others like it.

Correct Response

&he fact that Homer recognies the grandeur of the gods on *lympus and still focuses on the story
of men on earth means that he's )ust looking for important historical eents% and so it's natural that

he #ould oerlook the small ones.

Correct
1 / 1 points

3.
Ho# does book one of the *dyssey end?

enelope goes to sleep.

*dysseus, men die after eating the cattle of the sun.

+urycleia hangs up aertes, cloak.

 

+urycleia shuts the door to &elemachus, bedroom.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

4.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& one of &elemachus,
&elemachus, troubles?

trying to be decisie and act like a hero

maintaining *dysseus, estate

choosing one of the suitors, daughters to marry

Correct Response

enduring the suitors' abuse

Incorrect
0 / 1 points

5.
 

n the second lecture of this #eek% #e spoke of an idea #e called 2double determination.2 Check all
statements belo# that e"press the core idea.

When someone performs an admirable action% the gods and fate are thought to hae made it
happen% but still% the person #ho performed the action deseres praise.

Correct Response

When bad things happen to good people% it is the gods, fault( but #hen good things happen to bad
people% the gods still get credit for it.

Incorrect Response

When something good happens to a bad person% it sho#s that the Homeric gods are not paying
attention.

Incorrect Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

6.
Who is &e
&elemachus'
lemachus' primary mentor?

 3thena

Correct Response
 

+umaeus

4estor 

Beus

Incorrect
0 / 1 points

7.
n the Odyssey  books
 books one through four #hich of the follo#ing things happen? Check all that apply.

*restes teams up #ith his sister.

Correct Response

*dysseus greets !ueen 3rete

Correct Response

&elemachus
&elemachus discusses family alues #ith *restes.

Incorrect Response
 

&e
&elemachus,
lemachus, mind is broadened through trael.

Incorrect Response

Correct

1 / 1 points

8.
What is the proper emotional reaction of a hero to an in)ustice?

fear 

anger 

Correct Response

disappointment

sorro#

all of these

Correct
1 / 1 points
 

9.
n #hat #ay do characters in the Odyssey  hold
 hold up *restes as a model for &elemachus?
&elemachus?

He sho#s &elemachus
&elemachus the alue of e"treme #ealth.

He demonstrates that you must take action against an in)ustice% no matter #hat it takes.

Correct Response

He follo#s the guidance gien by 3thena.

He demonstrates the correct #ay to make a sacrifice.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
0.
Who does 4*& adise &elemachus
&elemachus on his traels?

&eiresias

Correct Response
 

4estor 

 3thena

Menelaus

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
1.
What is the first action #e see *dysseus accomplish% after he is told he is free to leae Calypso's
island?

destroy Calypso's longstanding enemy to free her from his oppression

build a raft

Correct Response

pillage a city

kill a boar 
 

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
2.
 3ccording to Homer%
Homer% #hich of the
the follo#ing describes *dysseus, situation as he lands on 7cheria
7cheria for
the first time?

He is like an inisible
i nisible aenger% back to set things right.

He is like a man arriing home% finally safe after storm-tossed suffering.

He is sent a#ay% #hich #as lucky since they #ere going to eat him.

He is like a glo#ing piece of metal a blacksmith buries% hoping the fire lasts the night.

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
3.
What happens #hen a haeacian meets a god face-to-face?

&hey are immolated% like all humans are #hen they see the gods face-to-face.
 

4othing special$ the haeacians regularly see the gods #ithout disguise.

Correct Response

&hey shrink in stature.

&hey turn into s#ine.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
4.
What is *dysseus, first action% as the mist hiding him lifts% after he enters the palace on 7cheria?

He asks to marry 4ausicaa.

He grabs the knees of the !ueen 3rete.

Correct Response

He praises the beauty of 4ausicaa.

 

He comments on the #ealth of 3lcinous.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
5.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& a standard feature of  xenia
 xenia?
?

holding a feast in a guest's honor 

holding festie games in a guest's honor 

the laishing of e"traagant gifts on a guest

checking a guest's identity before gifts are besto#ed

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
6.
Which of the follo#ing is an e"ample of a functionalist reading?
 

n the Odyssey  many
 many aspects of the story legitimie the central role of  xenia
 xenia in
 in >reek culture.

Correct Response

&o understand *dysseus% one must understand his function in the story. 3s a male hero% he
demonstrates to the >reeks ho# a man is supposed to function in society.

Calypso,s character proides an e"ample of the archetype of the <)ealous #ife.=

&he haeacians in the Odyssey  proide

 proide a #arning to all readers at all times not to display e"cessie
#ealth.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
7.
Why does *dysseus initially enter the athletic games among the haeacians?

His fighting spirit oercomes his better )udgment.

:roadsea has taunted him.

Correct Response
 

He kno#s that he #ill only get to thaka if he proes his strength.

He desires to proe his superior athleticism to 3lcinous.

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
8.
Which of the follo#ing is 4*& one of the stories sung by emodocus?

the &ro)an Horse

the argument bet#een *dysseus

* dysseus and 3chilles

the loe affair of 3res and 3phrodite

the birth of 3thena

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

1
9.
 

What pieces of information does 3lcinous ask for from *dysseus at the close of book @?

name% parents, names% history of his city

name% hometo#n% #hy he came to 7cheria

name% #ife,s name% children% past

name% lineage% hometo#n% past

Correct Response

Correct
1 / 1 points

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Which of the follo#ing is a part of the allegorical interpretation of Heraclitus on the loe of 3res and
 3phrodite?

&he story sho#s the dangers of adulterous

ad ulterous actiity and public fornication.

&he story demonstrates that the gods are sub)ect to human frailties.
 

&he story sho#s that public humiliation is the #orst punishment.

&he story coneys the union of loe and strife.