This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To spend time with or hang around a person or people, used with the preposition "with." A) Consort. B) Saunter. C) Feign. D) Seethe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consort. 2. True or False:The Greek gods were more like superpowered humans with greed, jealousy, and bad tempers than what we would consider "god-like" beings. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. When the readers know something that a character does not is ..... A) Irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 4. Who is the greatest Greek warrior? A) Achilles. B) Hector. C) Agamemnon. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles. 5. In the land of the Cicones, Odysseus and his men's ..... costs them dearly. A) Laziness. B) Ego. C) Pride. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hubris. 6. What did Circe turn Odysseus' men into after they drank her drugged drink? A) Birds. B) Lions. C) Wolves. D) Pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pigs. 7. Sergeant Johnson used strategic tactics to confuse the enemy. Which explanation BEST describes the word "tactics" in the sentence above? A) Sergeant Johnson tried to finish the war quickly to confuse the enemy. B) Sergeant Johnson took the building by force to confuse the enemy. C) Sergeant Johnson used two people who were running away from danger to confuse the enemy. D) Sergeant Johnson used military procedures to confuse the enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sergeant Johnson used military procedures to confuse the enemy. 8. The mother cow listened for the wavering cry of her lost calf, but the ..... never came. A) Brandish. B) Libation. C) The gold. D) Bleat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bleat. 9. What name does Odysseus give to Polyphemus? A) Cool guy. B) Nobody. C) Monster-Slayer. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nobody. 10. How did Odysseus and his men conquer Troy? A) With cannons. B) With a wooden horse. C) Dynamite and swords. D) With kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a wooden horse. 11. Polyphemus' father is A) Zeus. B) Hades. C) Poseidon. D) Ares. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 12. Odysseus is a soldier known for being. A) Strong. B) Intelligent. C) Brave. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. What did Odysseus decide to do? A) He decided to trust in words to please her and keep away from her knees. B) He yelled at her for waking him. C) He embraced her knees. D) He ran away from the girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He decided to trust in words to please her and keep away from her knees. 14. The goddess that fell in love with Odysseus A) Calypso. B) Scylla. C) Nausicaa. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 15. What does detest mean in this context? A) Completely ignore. B) Strongly dislike. C) Constantly annoy. D) Rarely notice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strongly dislike. 16. There is an apple tree in front of my house is an example of ..... A) First-person point of view. B) Praise. C) Character. D) Third-person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First-person point of view. 17. Who devises (thinks up) the test of the great bow? A) Athena. B) Penelope. C) Telemachus. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penelope. 18. What is the name of the god of the winds? A) Calypso. B) Poseidon. C) Aeolus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aeolus. 19. He is the King of the Wind A) Hermes. B) Alcinous. C) Helios. D) Aeolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aeolus. 20. Polyphemus the Cyclops is A) A giant. B) A sheep. C) A dwarf. D) The God of Sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A giant. 21. Who is the goddess of wisdom and warfare in Greek mythology? A) Artemis. B) Athena. C) Aphrodite. D) Hera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 22. During the Trojan War, how did the Trojan Horse win the war for Greece? A) It helped get Greek soldiers through the walls of Troy. B) It distracted Troy, while Greek soldiers climbed the walls of Troy. C) It exploded and knocked down a part of the Trojan wall. D) It was a peace offering that made Troy and Greece become friends and allies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helped get Greek soldiers through the walls of Troy. 23. What is it called when the author provides clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to him or her? A) Indirect characterization. B) Direct characterization. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 24. Which characteristics best describe Cyclops? A) Wise, mature, smart. B) Giant, six heads, fiery. C) One-eyed, giant, violent. D) Charming, kind, sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One-eyed, giant, violent. 25. What is Odysseus's son's name, and where does he live? A) Telemachus / Ithaca. B) Telemachus / Pylos. C) Telemachus / Illion. D) Telemachus / Ogygia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus / Ithaca. 26. Which Greek goddess is the goddess of agriculture? A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Aphrodite. D) Demeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demeter. 27. Which of the following was not one of Odysseus's men? A) Eurylochus. B) Perimedes. C) Citizens. D) Persephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persephone. 28. Which god begs Zeus to let Odysseus go home? A) Hermes. B) Athena. C) Apollo. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 29. How does Calypso try to talk Odysseus out of leaving her? A) Uses magic. B) Tells him he will die at sea. C) Talks about her beauty. D) Says Penelope has forgotten him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talks about her beauty. 30. Which piece of evidence BEST supports Nausicaa's motive for going to the river? A) "Papa dear, could you manage to let me have a good big waggon?". B) "You shall have the mules, my love, and whatever else you have a mind for.". C) "I want to take all our dirty clothes to the river and wash them.". D) "You have five sons at home, two of them married, while the other three are good looking bachelors.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I want to take all our dirty clothes to the river and wash them.". 31. "Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold." This question and answer contains ..... A) Irony. B) Epic simile. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 32. Consider these lines from Scene 7:SD1:Suitor after suitor attempts to string the bow. None of them can do it. Telemachus:What about you, Antinous? Antinous:Perhaps tomorrow. Now it is time for supper. Antinous's line reveals that he ..... A) Is skilled with an arrow. B) Is very hungry. C) Doesn't care about the contest. D) Knows he cannot win the contest and therefore doesn't want to compete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knows he cannot win the contest and therefore doesn't want to compete. 33. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:no longer valid; expired. A) Lapsed. B) Clamored. C) Amphora. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lapsed. 34. What quality of Odysseus is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops his name is "Nobody?" A) He is an effective leader. B) He is courageous. C) He is clever. D) He is trained for battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is clever. 35. Helios is the god of the ..... A) Sea. B) Sun. C) Moon. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 36. Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of the story? A) She wants to know if he is truly her husband. B) She wants to know more details about the Trojan War. C) She wants to see if he is still as intelligent as he was in his youth. D) She wants him to prove to the people that he is really their king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wants to know if he is truly her husband. 37. The Lotus Eaters are a threat because (a) A) A they make the men forget about home. B) They are starting a war. C) They are eating the men's flesh. D) They are luring the men to their death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A they make the men forget about home. 38. Odysseus displays the epic hero trait of superhuman strength when he ..... A) Escapes from Calypso's island. B) Kills Antinous. C) Stabs the Cyclops in the eye. D) Visits the underworld. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stabs the Cyclops in the eye. 39. They pulled towards a ..... to get out of the wind. A) Quiver. B) Sage. C) Withy. D) Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lee. 40. A long, wandering and eventful journey A) Odyssey. B) Subservient. C) Foreboding. D) Coherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odyssey. 41. On the Island of the Cyclops, Odysseus goes by what name to trick the Cyclops? What causes him to tell him his real name as he leaves the island? A) 1. Nobody 2. Odysseus' pride. B) 1. Nothing 2. He doesn't. C) 1. The Odd Guy 2. Odysseus' humility. D) 1. King of Ithaca 2. A Dare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. Nobody 2. Odysseus' pride. 42. What is an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects? A) Homeric simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Inference. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeric simile. 43. She was clever enough to ..... her classmates into doing the work for her. A) Beguile. B) Forebode. C) Stealthy. D) Snare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beguile. 44. A person who takes part in the action of a story is called a ..... A) Reader. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 45. What does Telemachus' dialogue in line 37 suggest about him? (6.8C) A) Telemachus is following in his father's footstep. B) Reminds the reader this story is fictional. C) Shows how Penelope still sees his son as a child. D) Shows that Telemachus resents his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus is following in his father's footstep. 46. Who is Odysseus trying to return home to? A) Circe and Calypso. B) Zeus and Athena. C) Penelope and Siren Singers. D) Penelope and Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope and Telemachus. 47. The details in Homer's epics suggest that they were originally composed as oral narrative poems and then later captured in writing. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. Part A:Why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors? A) Odysseus has grown old. B) There are far too many suitors. C) The suitors are clever and daring. D) Odysseus does not have good weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are far too many suitors. 49. What does Phemius sing that causes Penelope to weep? A) He sings about the death of Odysseus. B) He sings about the Achaeans return from Troy. C) He sings about the Trojan War. D) He sings about the kidnapping of Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sings about the Trojan War. 50. Who was the first to try and string the bow, but failed due to weak hands? A) Eurymachus. B) Melanthius. C) Leiodes. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leiodes. 51. What did Penelope do when she heard about the deaths of the suitors? A) She wept for joy. B) She fainted. C) She laughed uncontrollably. D) She flew into a rage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wept for joy. 52. If a person is unexceptional, they are ..... A) Peaceful. B) Ordinary. C) Awesome. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordinary. 53. What's the island where Odysseus and his men face Circe? A) Troy. B) Santorini. C) Atlantis. D) Wow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wow. 54. Who is Leucothea and what does she do for Odysseus? A) She is a goddess who helps Odysseus by providing him with a veil to keep him from drowning after Poseidon tries to drown him!. B) She is a bird who rescues Odysseus from the sea. C) She is Telemachus' nanny who calls Odysseus daily to inspire him to return to Ithaca. D) She is Penelope's best friend and she calls Odysseus to tell him about the disrespectful suitors invading his home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is a goddess who helps Odysseus by providing him with a veil to keep him from drowning after Poseidon tries to drown him!. 55. What happens to the bag of wind that Aeolus gives Odysseus? A) Odysseus uses it. B) His crew open it. C) His crew throw it in the sea. D) Odysseus loses it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His crew open it. 56. Zeus:Very well Athena, you may help Odysseus. But understand that Poseidon's wrath will be yours to deal with. Wrath is a feeling of ..... A) Calm and peace. B) Intense anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intense anger. 57. Finished quickly A) Insidious. B) Dispatched. C) Plundered. D) Bereft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispatched. 58. The phrase "to be between Scylla and Charybdis" means A) To need to make a decision based on adequate information. B) Hopeto have to choose between two bad alternatives. C) To be without energy, ability, or hope. D) To be filled with nervous excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopeto have to choose between two bad alternatives. 59. What is the name of the king of Phaeacia? A) Artemis. B) Aldonos. C) Poseidon. D) Alcinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alcinous. 60. What is the fate of the Sirens in The Odyssey? A) They are killed by Odysseus and his crew. B) They are banished to a remote island. C) They are transformed into birds. D) They are granted immortality by the gods. 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