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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which city does Telemachus visit before Sparta while searching for news of Odysseus?

Answer

Pylos

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which sea goddess gives Odysseus a veil after Poseidon's storm wrecks his raft?

Answer

Leucothea

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which hero's shade refuses to speak to Odysseus in the Underworld?

Answer

Ajax

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which murdered king of Mycenae speaks with Odysseus in the Underworld?

Answer

Agamemnon

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which crewman persuades Odysseus's men to slaughter Helios's cattle?

Answer

Eurylochus

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which people ferry Odysseus home to Ithaca after hearing his story?

Answer

Phaeacians

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which giant race destroys most of Odysseus's fleet by hurling rocks?

Answer

Laestrygonians

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Odyssey

What kind of tree forms one leg of Odysseus and Penelope's bed?

Answer

olive tree

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Odyssey

What household object does Penelope use as the final test of Odysseus's identity?

Answer

marriage bed

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which disloyal goatherd helps Penelope's suitors in The Odyssey?

Answer

Melanthius

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which beggar fights Odysseus in Ithaca while Odysseus is disguised?

Answer

Irus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Odyssey

Which blind singer performs at the court of Alcinous in The Odyssey?

Answer

Demodocus

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