Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

One punctuation mark, a capital letter, or italic type is omitted in each of the following sentences. Insert them as needed. Pairs of quotation marks or dashes are considered one unit.

1. Odyssey is a famous epic poem of Greek mythology.
   
   
2. The professor said, "The poem tells of the wanderings and sufferings of Odysseus, who is also known as Ulysses."
   
   
3. This poem is a great classic of literature; it's famous for its beautiful poetry as well as its exciting tales of adventure.
   
   
4. The author was Homer, who wrote this poem and the equally well known Iliad in the ninth century B.C.
   
   
5. The story begins at the end of the Trojan War, as Odysseus and his band of Greeks prepare to sail back to their home in Ithaca.
   
   
6. It would take Odysseus—if you can believe it—ten years to get back.
   
   
7. He and his companions encounter many obstacles: people, creatures, and gods who seek to kill them.
   
   
8. A one-eyed giant called the Cyclops eats several of Odysseus' men and imprisons the rest in his cave.
   
   
9. Odysseus blinds the giant, and his men must sneak out of the cave by tying themselves under the bellies of the Cyclops' sheep.
   
   
10. The sea god Neptune (the Cyclops' father) tries to sink the Greek ships in a storm.
    
    
11. Many of Odysseus' sailors are eaten by cannibals called Lestrigonians.
    
    
12. For a year, Odysseus and his men remain captives of the beautiful sorceress Circe on her enchanted island.
    
    
13. Circe turns Odysseus' twenty-two companions into pigs but finally lets them go.
    
    
14. The Sirens—half women and half birds—enticed sailors to their doom with their sweet songs.
    
    
15. Odysseus evaded their charms by putting wax in his men's ears and lashing himself to the mast of the ship, where he could enjoy the songs but resist temptation.
    
    
16. Next, he manages to get past two more monsters: Scylla and Charybdis.
    
    
17. Scylla is a six-headed female monster, with six mouths containing three rows of sharp teeth.
    
    
18. Did you know that Charybdis is a dangerous whirlpool?
    
    
19. "This is a great story!" exclaimed the students.
    
    
20. It's amazing that a poem so old can be so action-packed.