The Land of the Cyclops

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  1. What animal did Odysseus and his crew see when they arrived on the island?
  2. Your answer:
    cows
    goats
    chickens
    sheep


  3. How many one-eyed giants actually lived on the island?
  4. Your answer:
    one
    two
    three
    four


  5. What was the name of the cyclopes that Odysseus and his men killed?
  6. Your answer:
    Monophemus
    Polyphemus
    Urophemus
    Epitophemus


  7. How did the Cyclopes keep the men inside his cave?
  8. Your answer:
    He killed them all.
    He tied them up.
    He pushed a boulder in front of the opening.
    He trapped them in a cave.


  9. When asked by the Cyclopes what his name was, Odysseus replied...
  10. Your answer:
    Odysseus
    No Man
    Nothing
    Ithaca


  11. What did Odysseus give the Cyclopes to make him go to sleep?
  12. Your answer:
    wine
    juice
    sleeping pills
    water


  13. What did the men use to blind the Cyclopes?
  14. Your answer:
    a spear
    a log
    a horn
    a knife


  15. Why didn't the Cyclopes's brothers help him?
  16. Your answer:
    They didn't hear his cries.
    They didn't like him.
    They didn't know who was hurting him.
    They thought it was a joke.


  17. What did Odysseus and his men do to get out of the cave?
  18. Your answer:
    They snuck out with the giant.
    They hid under the goats
    They one of the brothers let them out.
    They moved the boulder.


  19. What did the Cyclopes do to punish Odysseus?
  20. Your answer:
    Had his father send a strong breeze and send them off course.
    Had his father burn the ships.
    Threw a huge rock at the ships and crushed them.
    Grabbed the men and ate all of them.



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