Book+21-23

1. What is meant by the "quiver spiked with coughing death?" -It foreshadows the death of the suitors.
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2. What are qualities Odysseus values so highly and his servants? Loyalty.

3. Based on the orders Odysseus gives beginning in lines 94-104, what could Odysseus be planning?

4. How does Antinous react to the beggars request? Why does Eumaeus say the orders he receives are fomr Telemachus and not Odysseus?

5. Describe the way the suitors treat the swineherd.

6. In lines 199-203, what qualities of Odysseus are being compared?

Book 22: 1.Why does Odysseus kill Antinous first?

2.Why does he kill him in such a terrible, sudden way?

3.What reason does Odysseus give for killing all the suitors?

4.What is Eurymachus’ strategy beginning in line 277?

5.How does Eurymachus hope to save himself and his fellow suitors?

6.Why does Odysseus reject Eurymachus’ offer of restitution and explanation?

7.What causes Eurymachus’ emotional pain?

1.Why does Penelope ask the servant to move the bed?
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2.How does Odysseus respond?

3.Why does Penelope test Odysseus?