Odyssey Book 16

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Odyssey Book 16

• Agenda
• Basic quiz on notebook paper
• Review Questions take notes
• Exam-view quiz on book 16
• Write one perfect paragraph on chapter 16
• Homework (print paragraph and submit copy to
  turnitin.com)
• Read Chapter 17

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Quiz question

• What is the name of Odysseuss swineherd?

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Quiz Question block 2

• What suitor lies to Penelope?

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Quiz Question

• What suitor does Penelope address, arguing
  Odysseus was kind to his father?

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Quiz Question

• Why does Telemakhos believe Odysseus is a God in
  this chapter

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Quiz Question

• Why does the swineherd report to Penelope in the
  chapter? What does he tell her?

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Odyssey Review

• Book 16 Answer each question in your notes

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Book 16

• How do the wolvish troop of wolfdogs treat
  Telemakhos upon his return?
• Why is this treatment by the dogs significant?
  What does it show?
• How did the watch dogs treat Odysseus?

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Book 16

• With what protracted simile does Homer describe
  the swineherds greeting to Telemakhos?
• Who is Odysseuss swineherd?
• What complaint does the Swineherd have for
  Telemakhos?

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Book 16 Review Questions

• How does Telemakhos reply to Eumaioss suggestion
  that he take the old beggar back to the castle?
• He offers two reasons for not bringing the old
  man back with him.
• What does Telemakhos offer to do for the old man?

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Book 16 review Questions

• What point does Odysseus (in disguise) make to
  Telemakhos after asking the question, The
  townsman stirred up against you, are they, by
  some oracle? You brotherscan you say your
  brothers fail you?
• What is the meaning of his initial questions
• What is point does he make about death after
  asking the questions?

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Book 16 Questions

• What is the name of Laertes Father?
• What point does Telemakhos make to his father
  (while his father is disguised) about fathers and
  sons in his family?
• How has Laertes been behaving since Telemakhos
  left for Pylos?

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Odyssey Book 16 Review Questions

• How does Athena change Odysseuss appearance once
  Eumaios leaves for Odysseuss castle?
• Why does Telemakhos believe Odysseus is a God?

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Odyssey Book 16 Review Questions

• What staggering thing does Odysseus speak of
  which is beyond imagining for Telemakhos?
• About how many suitors are inside Odysseuss
  home?
• How does Odysseus console Telemakhos?

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Odyssey Book 16 Review Questions

• What plan does Odysseus fashion for Telemakhos?
• What does he want Telemakhos to do with the
  suitors?
• What does he not want Telemakhos to do?
• What is Telemakhos to do with the war gear in the
  hall?

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Book 16 Questions

• What does Odysseus want Telemakhos to do should
  the suitors miss those arms and question
  Telemakhos?
• Offer two things.

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Book 16 Questions

• What does Odysseus want Telemakhos to do in
  regards to the women on the estate?
• Who does Odysseus want Telemakhos to tell about
  Odysseuss return?

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Book 16 Questions

• What does Odysseus want Telemakhos to do among
  the hands?
• Why does Telemakhos not wish to follow this plan?
• Why is Telemakhos concerned with wasting too much
  time?

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Odyssey Book 16 Questions

• What plan is Eurymakhos hatching, when he says,
  Friends, face up to it?
• How does Amphinomos reply to Eurymakhos?

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Book 16 Questions

• According to Antinoos, why is it surprising that
  Telemakhos escaped being boarded and killed?

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Book 16 Questions

• On what point do Antinoos and Amphinomos have a
  disagreement?
• Why does Amphinomos not wish to kill Telemakhos?
  What should they do first?

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Book 16 Questions

• Who informs Penelope that the suitors plan to
  murder Telemakhos?
• What does Penelope say directly to Antinoos upon
  hearing this news?
• What lie does Eurymakhos tell after listening to
  Penelope?

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Book 16 Questions

• How does Athena transform Odysseus once the good
  forester Eumaios returns to the cottage?
• How does Eumaios know that the suitors plan to
  kill Telemakhos?

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Time for a Quiz

• Go to block One in Exam-view
• Odyssey Test 16 Password is sixteen
• When finished, write one paragraph summary on
  book 16. . . Assignment will be posted.

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Odyssey Book 16 Writing Assignment

• Write One perfect paragraph which does the
  following
• Summarizes the events of Book 16, Father and
  Son.
• Integrates Three quotations into the paragraph
  and comments on the significance of each
  quotation
• Concludes the paragraph with a clincher
  sentence which articulates Book 16s main idea
• When Finished, Save the assignment and bring a
  printed copy next class. Also submit a copy to
  Turnitin.com