The Adventures of Ulysses

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which character trait of Ulysses is demonstrated through his role in the Trojan Horse plan, Ulysses telling Polyphemus his name is “Nobody,” and Ulysses disguising himself when he returns to Ithaca?

A) Bravery

B) Cleverness

C) Determination

D) Curiosity

2. Which character trait of Ulysses is demonstrated through the Trojan War, Ulysses’s encounter with the cannibals, and Ulysses following his men into Polyphemus’s cave?

A) Bravery

B) Curiosity

C) Hubris

D) Cleverness

3. Which character trait of Ulysses is demonstrated through his escape from Libya, his decision to leave Circe’s island, and his attempts to outmaneuver the wandering rocks?

A) Piety

B) Intelligence

C) Curiosity

D) Determination

4. Which character trait of Ulysses is demonstrated when he fails to credit the gods for their help with the Trojan Horse plan, taunts Polyphemus, and falls for Calypso’s flattery?

A) Piety

B) Hubris

C) Intelligence

D) Determination

5. Which character trait of Ulysses is demonstrated when he sacrifices the Ciconian bulls, tries to keep his men from eating Helios’s cattle, and asks for help escaping from Calypso?

A) Determination

B) Bravery

C) Piety

D) Hubris

6. Which of the following stories demonstrates the dangers of greed?

A) “Keeper of the Winds”

B) “The Sirens”

C) “Scylla and Charybdis”

D) “Ino’s Veil”

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