The Odyssey: Theme Development, Part 6 Answers

What character trait does Penelope demonstrate when she calls for the suitors to hold a contest? What other character has a similar trait?She demonstrates cleverness, like Odysseus does when he tricks and overcomes foes.She demonstrates hospitality, like the Phaeacians do when Odysseus lands on their island.She demonstrates a lack of confidence, like Telemachus does when he fails to kick out the suitors.She demonstrates a lack of self control, like Odysseus’s men do when they slaughter Helios’s

Which word best describes Odysseus in the second passage? [___]

Which step in the hero’s journey is reflected by Odysseus’s behavior in the second passage? [___]

Transformation: [___]

Return home: [___]

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Based on the two passages, how has Telemachus changed since he first met up with Odysseus?

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Which word best describes Odysseus in the first passage? [___]

Call to adventure: [___]

What character trait does Penelope demonstrate when she calls for the suitors to hold a contest? What other character has a similar trait?

Read each passage. Compare Eurymachus, the speaker in the first passage, to Odysseus, the speaker in the second passage. How are Odysseus and Eurymachus similar?

How has Odysseus changed, based on his behavior during the supreme ordeal?

kindangry✔ fearless

Select the event that corresponds to each step in Odysseus’s journey. Call to adventure: Road of trials: Supreme ordeal: Transformation: Return home:

Road of trials: [___]

fearful✔ emotionalcurious

is reunited with Penelope✔ outsmarts the Cyclopsleaves to fight in the Trojan Warkills the suitorslearns patience and humility

Supreme ordeal: [___]

the call to adventurethe road of trials✔ the return home