Questions – The Odyssey – Books 17 – 20 - Gonzaga

Questions – The Odyssey – Books 17 – 20
“Odysseus at the Palace”

Book Seventeen: Stranger at the Gates
1. What does Theoclymenus prophesize about Odysseus?
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2. What language is used to describe Penelope’s reaction to this?
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3. Who mocks Eumaeus and Odysseus as they make their way to the palace? What is his job?
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4. Which suitor treats Odysseus poorly after he directly begs from him? What does he call Odysseus?
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5. How do the suitors react to this treatment? What word(s) is used to describe their reaction?
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6. When will Odysseus speak with Penelope? What specific time of day?
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Book Eighteen: The Beggar-King of Ithaca
1. Who insults Odysseus? What does this person do in the palace?
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2. What two specific things do the suitors have them fight it out for?
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3. What’s ironic about the conclusion of the fight or what literary term can you apply to this situation?
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4. Who wins? How does he win?
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5. Who does Odysseus attempt to warn? Does it work? Why or why not?
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6. What does Penelope ask the suitors to bring more of?
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7. Which serving woman insults Odysseus?
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8. Who throws a stool at Odysseus?
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Book Nineteen: Penelope and Her Guest
1. What does Telemachus remove from the halls? To whom do the items belong?
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2. Who insults Odysseus . . . again?
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3. What story does the disguised Odysseus tell Penelope? Where is he from? Who has he met?
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4. How does he convince her he knows Odysseus? Provide details from the conversation.
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5. Who recognizes Odysseus? Provide the name.
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6. How does he react to being recognized? In other words, what does he do?
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7. What is the nature of the dream that Penelope asks Odysseus to interpret? Provide details of the dream.
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8. What contest does Penelope establish for the suitors?
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Book Twenty: Portents Gather
1. What signs does Zeus send to Odysseus (one inside & one outside)?
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2. Who insults Odysseus…again?
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3. What omen dissuades the suitors from killing Telemachus? Who interprets the omen?
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4. Who throws an oxhoof at Odysseus?
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5. How does Odysseus react? What language is used to describe his reaction?
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6. Who warns of impending doom? What kind of language does he use?
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