Odyssey Book 17

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Odyssey Book 17

• Chapter 17 Pop Quiz
• Answer each question in a complete sentence.
• See next slide

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Question 1

• Describe the encounter between Melanthios,
  Eumaios, and Odysseus.

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Odyssey 17 Pop Quiz Question 2

• Who is Theoklymenos? What is his special
  ability?

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Odyssey 17 Question 3

• Who is Argos? What does he do once Eumaios
  enters the hall of Odysseus?

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Odyssey 17 Question 4

• How does Antinoos attack Odysseus in this book?
  Where does he hit him?

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Odyssey 17 Question 5

• Why does Odysseus the beggar not allow Penelope
  to question him in front of the suitors? Why
  does he ask her to be patient?

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The Odyssey Book 17

• Review

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Odyssey 17 game

• Stump Mr. Desnoyer
• Rules Create a question sheet containing 25
  questions / answers.
• Questions may ask about characters or important
  events in the chapter
• Questions deemed unfair, information not relevant
  to understanding the chapter or information which
  is subjective in nature, will not be allowed.
• The Correct Answer and the line number where the
  correct answer can be found must be supplied

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Odyssey 17 Game

• Stump Mr. Desnoyer
• Procedure
• Students will receive a question or set of
  related questions
• Students will work to identify the correct
  response (15-20 seconds will be afforded to
  locate answers)
• Once called upon, a student will respond with the
  passage in which the answer is found. If a
  student is unable to answer correctly, Mr.
  Desnoyer earns a point.
• If the student answers correctly, he earns an
  opportunity to score a point by attempting to
  stump Mr. Desnoyer.
• One student will be assigned score-keeper

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• What job does Telemakhos assign Eumaiosthat
  is, what does he want him to do with Odysseus the
  beggar?
• Why is Telemakhos being disingenuous when saying,
  I have my own trouble. Am I to care for every
  last man who comes?
• How does the beggar, Odysseus, reply to this plan?

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• What emotion does Telemakhos nurse in his heart
  for the suitors as he goes home on the steep
  footing?
• What two women greet Telemakhos upon his return?

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• Who is Theoklymenos? Who is attending him in the
  square? How is he described?
• In what duplicitous (insincere) way do the
  suitors respond to Telemakhos when seeing him in
  the square?
• With what men does Telemakhos sit after keeping
  away from the suitors?

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• Why does Telemakhos forbid Peiraios from turning
  over the gifts received from Menelaos?
• What story does Telemakhos tell his mother once
  he returns home with Theoklymenos?
• What metaphor did Menelaos use to describe the
  suitors in Odysseuss home?

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• What does Theoklymenos, the diviner, report about
  Odysseus?
• What are the suitors doing meanwhile, as
  Theoklymenos makes this report?
• How do the suitors feel about Medon, the Crier?

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• Who is Melanthios?
• What does Melanthios say to Eumaios after saying,
  Hand him over to me?
• Why does Odysseus consider smashing Melanthioss
  brains upon the ground?
• What does Melanthios say about Telemakhos and
  Odysseus?

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• What old hound does Odysseus discover outside the
  gate of his magnificent hall?
• How has he been treated in his masters absence?
• What happens to the hound once Eumaios enters the
  megaron (main hall) of the palace?

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• What does Telemakhos tell the forester, Eumaios,
  to do when the beggar, Odysseus, stood shyly in
  the door sill?
• What does Athena, unseen, whisper in Odysseuss
  ear? What should he find out about the suitors?
• What suitors, according to Athena, shall be
  excused from death?

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• What does Melanthios announce to the suitors
  about his previous incident with the beggar and
  Eumaios?
• How does Eumaios respond to Antinooss question,
  are we not plagued enough with beggars,
  foragers, and such rats?

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• What lie does Odysseus tell Antinoos about his
  past?
• What do all the suitors except for Antinoos do
  for Odysseus?
• How does Odysseus, in the form of the beggar,
  insult Antinoos? What does he say to him?

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• How does Antinoos attack the beggar? How does
  Odysseus respond?
• Why were the other suitors mortified by
  Antinooss action?
• Who is Eurynome?

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• Why does Penelope ask to speak with the beggar?
• What does Eumaios say in regards to the beggars
  supposed knowledge of Odysseuss whereabouts?
• Why does Odysseus not wish to have the meeting
  until nightfall?

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• According to Penelope, the suitors are unlike any
  mortal men in what two characteristic ways?
• Why does Eumaios leave the Hall until morning?
• What advice does Eumaios offer Telemakhos before
  leaving until the next days dawn?

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• QUIZ exam-view (20 questions)
• Password beggar
• When finished, make a mock test for chapter 9
  vocabulary / print / complete.
• No credit will be given for unprinted or
  incomplete mock-tests.
• No excuses accepted.
• Vocabulary 9 Vocabulary (100 fill in blank / 100
  multiple choice)