This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why don't the suitors use their weapons to attack Odysseus and his men? A) Telemachus ties all the men up. B) Odysseus burns their weapons. C) Telemachus removed their weapons from the great hall. D) They apologize and make peace with Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telemachus removed their weapons from the great hall. 2. What do the suitors need to do in order to complete the bow contest? In Order A) 1. Find Penelope2. Prove his love to her by shooting a bow. B) 1. string a bow2. shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads. C) 1. string a bow2. Show Penelope the bow. D) 1. shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads2. string a bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. string a bow2. shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads. 3. What war did Odysseus fight in? A) The Spartan War. B) The Trojan War. C) The Vietnam War. D) The Peloponnesian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Trojan War. 4. A synonym of against, usually used with the preposition "to." A) Baleful. B) Ample. C) Averse. D) Pensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Averse. 5. Infer why Odysseus does not take all of his men to explore the Land of the Lotus Eaters after what happened at Ismaros. A) He learned from his mistakes. B) He wanted his men to rest. C) He was prideful and didn't care. D) He thought it couldn't happen again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He learned from his mistakes. 6. Who suggested that someone should go up to the window and call for help? A) Ageless. B) Let's take it down. C) Eurynomus. D) Amphime-don. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ageless. 7. Dreadful, terrible A) Work. B) Dire. C) Anguish. D) Peril. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dire. 8. Odysseus finds King Alcinous' palace is: A) In ruins and ashes. B) Dazzling and filled with dazzling people. C) Massive and forbidding. D) Gaudy and overdone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dazzling and filled with dazzling people. 9. King of the Laestrygonians A) Sparta. B) Antiphates. C) Zeus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antiphates. 10. Who is the sorceress that turns Odysseus' men into pigs in the Odyssey? A) Hera. B) Circe. C) Athena. D) Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circe. 11. How does Odysseus outperform the Phaecian athletes? A) Throwing a spear. B) Running a race. C) Hurling a discus. D) Shooting a bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurling a discus. 12. A sudden feeling of disgust or loathing A) Revulsion. B) Profusion. C) Desolation. D) Foreboding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revulsion. 13. What is the meaning of the word 'odyssey'? A) A long and difficult journey. B) A heroic battle. C) A beautiful poem. D) A powerful god. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A long and difficult journey. 14. Who is the king of the Phaeacians? A) Polyphemus. B) Odysseus. C) Circe. D) Alcinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alcinous. 15. Who came up with the idea of The Hero's Journey? A) Homer. B) Your textbook. C) William Shakespeare. D) Joseph Campbell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joseph Campbell. 16. If a person showed wrath toward the enemy, which of the following must be true? A) He showed extreme anger. B) He showed intense fear. C) He showed poor judgement. D) He showed good manners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He showed extreme anger. 17. What must you cross to get to the underworld? A) A mountain. B) A river. C) A battlefield. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A river. 18. To make or produce something A) Create. B) Heart. C) Dream. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create. 19. Character motivation:the reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a certain way What was Odysseus' motivation? A) To save Penelope from the suitors. B) To have fun. C) To get back home to Ithaca and his family. D) To win the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get back home to Ithaca and his family. 20. What was Odysseus' transformation? A) Beginning:Not a smart person End:Intelligent. B) Beginning:cocky, arrogant, overly proud leader End:learns humility, becomes humble. C) Beginning:weak and manipulative leader End:stronger and quieter. D) Beginning:happy to see his family End:Misses his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beginning:cocky, arrogant, overly proud leader End:learns humility, becomes humble. 21. Which of following shows that Odysseus is clever? A) He listens to the Sirens. B) He fights in the Trojan War. C) He tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbdy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbdy. 22. What does contending mean? A) Gathered. B) Food. C) Fighting. D) Sails. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fighting. 23. V. calm; pacify. A) Urged. B) Assauge. C) Tempt. D) Dispatched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assauge. 24. Why does Nausikaa go to the river to wash linens? A) To help her maids wash up. B) To be clean and seem more appeasing to suitors. C) To laze around. D) To have a girls day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be clean and seem more appeasing to suitors. 25. Textual evidence should be: A) Reiterating a point from the text. B) A specific quotation taken from the text. C) Put into your own words. D) Giving a short recap of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A specific quotation taken from the text. 26. To trick the Cyclops, Odysseus lies and says his name is ..... A) Somebody. B) Nobody. C) Poseidon. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nobody. 27. How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Sirens' enchanting voices? A) They used earplugs and blindfolds. B) They sang louder than the Sirens' voices. C) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. D) They wore noise-cancelling headphones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. 28. The root word, capt, means A) Filled to the point of overflowing. B) Head, chief, or leader. C) Competitor or challenger. D) Actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head, chief, or leader. 29. This goddess is full of wisdom and battle strategy. A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Artemis. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 30. How many years was Odysseus held captive by Calypso? A) 5. B) 20. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 31. Where does Athena stash the treasure? A) Inside the tree. B) In the grotto. C) Under the tree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the grotto. 32. What does Odysseus do on the ship? A) Command the ship. B) Prays to the gods. C) Sleeps. D) Fights Skylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeps. 33. What do Odysseus and Telemachus do to prepare for the contest? A) Remove the weapons from the hall. B) Reveal Odysseus' identity to Penelope. C) Leave Ithaca and set sail for Pylos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remove the weapons from the hall. 34. What does "get rid of" mean? A) To clean and organize. B) To find and keep. C) To eliminate or throw away. D) To repair and restore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To eliminate or throw away. 35. How long did the Trojan War last? A) 10 years. B) 5 years. C) 50 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 years. 36. Coaches may use TACTICS during a basketball game to help them win. A) Careful planning. B) Quick offense. C) Hurting others. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Careful planning. 37. What is missing from the following:The clouds in the sky look rather ominous. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Both subject and verb. D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. 38. Who is the faithful house servant who recognizes Odysseus' scar? A) Euryclea. B) Eumaios. C) Eurylochus. D) Eurymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euryclea. 39. ..... :great anger A) Tarry. B) Veil. C) Wrath. D) Alas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrath. 40. The Odyssey is a long A) Novel. B) Poem. C) Article. D) Email. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poem. 41. "As you hold the rudder, direct the ship away from that dark smokeand rising wave, and head towards the rock."To whom and from whom are these directions given? A) Odysseus/Circe. B) The pilot/Odysseus. C) The pilot/Circe. D) Odysseus/the Sirens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pilot/Odysseus. 42. Which quote from The Odyssey (Part 2) shows the proof Penelope needed to determine Odysseus was who he said he was? A) "An old trunk of olive grew like a pillar on the building plot, and I laid out our bedroom round that tree ". B) "Strange woman, the immortals of Olympus made you hard, harder than any.". C) "Woman, by heaven you've stung me now!". D) "Athena lent him beauty, head to foot. She made him taller, and massive, too ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "An old trunk of olive grew like a pillar on the building plot, and I laid out our bedroom round that tree ". 43. The first thing Odysseus does when he sees the king and queen is: A) Throw himself at the feet of the queen, begging forgiveness. B) Fire an arrow into the nearest target to show his strength. C) Takes the king's hand and tell him how much he admires the palace. D) Stand in front of them and announce that he is the son of good Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Throw himself at the feet of the queen, begging forgiveness. 44. What is Odysseus' ultimate goal after arriving home to Ithaca? A) Fighting in the Trojan War. B) Getting the suitors out of his home and getting his city back. C) Fighting the Cyclops. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting the suitors out of his home and getting his city back. 45. According to scientists and historians, one origin of the Cyclops myth can be: A) People with deformities. B) Shipwrecked rhino skulls. C) Elephant skulls found in caves. D) A real race of one-eyed people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephant skulls found in caves. 46. The fall of the Mycenaean Civilization was likely due to the ..... ? A) Trojan War. B) Earthquakes. C) Hunger. D) Multiple invasions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trojan War. 47. How many axeheads must the arrow pass through in order to win Penelope's contest? A) 10. B) 14. C) 8. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 48. Who does Odysseus blind? A) Athena. B) His son. C) Poseidon. D) Polyphemus the Cyclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyphemus the Cyclops. 49. Why did King Agamemnon summon the other kings to battle? A) To conquer land. B) To recapture a queen. C) He felt like it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To recapture a queen. 50. Who has no information about the Greek hero Odysseus in Book 3? A) Proteus. B) Agamemnon. C) Menelaus. D) Nestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nestor. 51. It is a reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event. A) Allegory. B) Epic Simile. C) Allusion. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 52. Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of invaded? A) A family left home to avoid the hurricane. B) Students volunteered to help people in need. C) Kings signed a treaty to end their war. D) An army entered a country to take control of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An army entered a country to take control of it. 53. Who helped Odysseus defeat the suitors in the Odyssey? A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 54. Odysseus is know as being exceptionally clever, but he is also known for his tragic flaw of hubris. What is hubris? A) Excessive self-confidence/pride. B) Excessive intelligence. C) Excessive loyalty. D) Excessive beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessive self-confidence/pride. 55. What is it called when the author directly states a character's traits? A) Characterization. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct characterization. 56. Odysseus's had a son whose name was ..... A) Telemachus. B) Steve. C) Eumaeus. D) Telarchorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. 57. What happened to the crew members who ate the lotus on the island of the Lotus-Eaters? A) They went crazy and killed each other. B) They forgot about their home and did not want to leave the island. C) They fell in love with the Lotus Eater people and didn't want to leave the island. D) They turned into pigs and were cursed to stay on the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They forgot about their home and did not want to leave the island. 58. A myth is an old ..... A) Dance. B) Song. C) Mystic. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Story. 59. Which word means leave someone that you are responsible for? A) Investigate. B) Abandon. C) Attribute. D) React. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abandon. 60. Cyclops stroked each ram, and then let it pass, but my men riding on the ..... were never found. A) Sage. B) Pectoral fleece. C) Lee. D) Withy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pectoral fleece. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 3The Odyssey Quiz 4The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 6The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books