Answer these questions as you read.
- What happened to someone who ate of the lotus?
- How heavy was the door of the Cyclops’ cave?
- What does the Cyclops do instead of answering Odysseus?
- Why doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops?
- What gift does Odysseus give the Cyclops?
- What “present” does the Cyclops offer in return?
- How do the men sneak out of the cave?
- What does Odysseus do after he escapes and returns to his ship?
- How does the Cyclops respond?
- What did a prophet once prophesy about the Cyclops?
- What does the Cyclops ask of his father Poseidon?