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Acadia University
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ECON 1023 | Economics
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2021
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The Odyssey Test Review Guide Test Description: ● The test will be multiple choice and matching.. Since we just completed the essay, the test will not include a writing section. ● The test will ask you to apply knowledge of terms and concepts to the text. For example, instead of simply knowing the definition of “in medias res,” you may be asked to explain how The Odyssey is written in medias res. ● Some questions will include passages from the text, and other questions will require you to draw on your understanding from our work within the unit. ● The test will be timed. Do not open the test before you are ready to begin. Concepts to Review: ● Greek Terms: In medias res, Epic hero, Epic Poem, Epic Simile, Meter, Epithet, Invocation to the Muse, Hubris, Xenia , Background to the Trojan War ● MLA Citation: proper punctuation, format, and end citation format that looks like this: …. fear” (Homer 555). ● Effective Paraphrasing ● Interpreting Epic Similes and challenging passages ● Dramatic Irony ● Character Matching Sample Questions: 1. (Interpreting an epic simile) In the following epic simile, what two items are being compared? “In a smithy/ one sees a white-hot axehead plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam-/the way they make soft iron hale and hard-:/ just so the eyeball hissed around the spike” (Homer 570). a. b. c. d. A hot axehead in water compared to the hot spike in the eyeball. A smithy is being compared to a spike An axehead is being compared to an eyeball A tub of hot water is being compared to a spike. 2. How does the cyclops Polyphemus violate the rules of hospitality? Some of the questions will have two parts. The first part of the question will respond to a question, and the second part of the question you will select the textual evidence that supports your answer. Sometimes, these will include the text; other times, you will need to rely on your studying. 3. On the island of Ismarus (where the Cicones lived), Odysseus can best be described as a. Ruthless b. Kind c. Patient d. Logical 4. Which of the following best supports your answer to question 1? a. “The wind that carried me west from Troy/ brought me to Ismarus, on the far shore/ a strongpoint on the coast of the Cicones./ b. “I stormed that place and killed the men who fought./ Plunder we took, and we enslaved all of the women,/” c. ...:”I told them back and quickly out to sea again” d. “While fugitives went inland, running/ to call to arms the main force of the Cicones” There will be a couple of questions where you are asked what character trait is being demonstrated in a scene. 5. When Odysseus sends 3 of his men to check out the Lotus-Eaters island in order to make sure everything is safe instead of risking the lives of all of his men, Odysseus is demonstrating which character trait? a. He is demonstrating that he is impulsive. b. He is demonstrating that he is prideful. c. He is demonstrating that he is cautious. d. He is demonstrating that he is brave.