The Odyssey excerpt

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Homework for September 6, 2018

Read the following excerpt from the book The Odyssey and answer the questions

The Odyssey tell the story of Odysseus. The story begins ten years after the end of the Trojan War. All of the Greek heroes except Odysseus have returned home. Odysseus languishes on the remote island Ogygia with the goddess Calypso, who has fallen in love with him and refuses to let him leave. Meanwhile, a mob of suitors is devouring his estate in Ithaca and courting his wife, Penelope, in hopes of taking over his kingdom. His son, Telemachus, was an infant when Odysseus left but now a young man, is helpless to stop them. He has resigned himself to the likelihood that his father is dead.

Level 1:

1.       When does the story begin? _______________________________________________________

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2.       Where does Odysseus languish?

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Level 2:

1.       When does the story begin? _______________________________________________________

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2.       What has happened to Odysseus? _________________________________________________

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3.       Why is Calypso refusing to let Odysseus leave? ______________________________________

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Level 3 answer questions from level 1& 2 and also

What are the mob of suitors hoping to do? _____________________________________________

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