Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Answer 1

The answer is road of trials

Answer 2

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

This was an army, trained to fight on horseback  

or, where the ground required, on foot. They came  

with dawn over that terrain like the leaves

and blades of spring. So doom appeared to us,  

dark word of Zeus for us, our evil days.

My men stood up and made a fight of it—  

backed on the ships, with lances kept in play,  

from bright morning through the blaze of noon

so holding our beach, although so far outnumbered;  

but when the sun passed toward unyoking time,  

then the Achaeans, one by one, gave way.

Question: Which stage of the hero’s journey is represented in this passage?      

Options:        

• The return home
• The road of trials
• The transformation
• The call to adventure

Answer: The correct answer is: The road of trials.

Explanation: During The Road of Trials, Odysseus goes through many tests and faces different temptations that he must go through and overcome. He encounters with Circe, Poseidon and the Cyclops create new tests that he must go through during his journey back to Ithaca.