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The Odyssey
Books 3-4	

Directions:  Answer the following questions in your own words.

1.  What is Nestor’s relationship to Odysseus? ____________________________________________

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2.  How does Nestor finally get home? __________________________________________________

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3.  Who is Orestes and what is his relationship to Agamemnon and Aegisthus? ___________________

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4.  In what fantastic way does Athena depart from Telemachus and Nestor? _____________________

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5.  Who is Menelaus?  Describe him. ____________________________________________________

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6.  How did Odysseus sneak into Troy? _________________________________________________

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7.  How does Menelaus feel about the suitors? ____________________________________________

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8.   How does Menelaus break the curse and return home? ___________________________________

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9.  In what way do the suitors plot to kill Telemachus? ______________________________________

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10.  How does Penelope react to the news of Telemachus mission? ____________________________

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