This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (adj.) tasty, appetizing; pungent or salty, not sweet; inoffensive, respectable A) Beseech. B) Quiver. C) Savory. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savory. 2. The worst of the suitors was ..... A) Euripides. B) Eponamous. C) Telemachus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antinous. 3. Why did Odysseus anger Poseidon? A) He blinded his son, the cyclops, Polyphemus. B) He denied Poseidon's invitation to play chess. C) He told Poseidon he smelled like rotten fish. D) He told Poseidon he was the true god of the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He blinded his son, the cyclops, Polyphemus. 4. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:watery, especially considering the eyes A) Pompously. B) Rheumy. C) Roused. D) Indignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumy. 5. What might be considered a flaw of Odysseus? A) Slow runner. B) Loves his family. C) Easily persuaded. D) Large ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large ego. 6. What type of figurative language is the following excerpt:"A maid brought water soon in a graceful golden pitcher and over a silver basin tipped it outso they might rinse their hands, then pulled a gleaming table to their side." A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 7. Where is Odyssey's home? A) Circe. B) Ithaca. C) Sparta. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 8. The clouds driven by Zeus shrouded land what does shrouded mean? A) Concealed. B) Darkened. C) Exposed. D) Made visible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealed. 9. Fall down suddenly A) Break. B) Escape. C) Collapse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collapse. 10. How do Odysseus and Penelope begin to reconnect after being apart for so long? A) They tell each other their stories of the last 20 years. B) They remodel their house together. C) They make a sacrifice to Poseidon to appease his anger. D) They have a great feast with their family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They tell each other their stories of the last 20 years. 11. The protagonist can negatively impact other characters, other than the antagonist A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The Odyssey begins when Homer calls on ..... A) One of the nine Muses. B) Odysseus. C) Hades. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the nine Muses. 13. A large and consuming mouth or opening. A) FROM. B) Work. C) Gorge. D) Maelstrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gorge. 14. Which goddess stepped in to ask Zeus about what will happen to Odysseus? A) Artemis. B) Hera. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 15. A dangerous six-headed sea monster who eats six of Odysseus' men A) Athena. B) Scylla. C) Sirens. D) Charybdis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scylla. 16. In the Underworld of Tartarus, Charon is ..... A) In charge of the Punishment Grounds. B) Persephone's maid. C) Hades' three-headed guard dog. D) A man that ferries the dead across the River Styx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A man that ferries the dead across the River Styx. 17. Who is referred as ''god-like" in this book? A) Telemachus. B) Odysseus. C) Argus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 18. Where was Poseidon when the other Gods agreed to help Odysseus? A) Eden. B) Ethiopia. C) Empire of the Rising Sun. D) Ethereal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethiopia. 19. What do the warriors find after they climb the cliffs of the mysterious shore? A) An old shepherd. B) A harbor of enemy ships. C) A sacred temple. D) A cave with food and drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cave with food and drinks. 20. What woman was said to be responsible for starting the Trojan War? A) Elizabeth of Spain. B) Malalia from India. C) Helen of Troy. D) Alania of Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helen of Troy. 21. What tone is shown in the following lines:"'Friends, have we never been in danger before this?More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclopspenned us in his cave? What power he had!Did I not keep my nerve, and use my witsto find a way out for us?Now I sayby hook or crook this peril too shall besomething that we remember" (Homer 766-773). A) Cheery. B) Mournful. C) Encouraging. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Encouraging. 22. What gift did the Phaeacians give to Odysseus before he left their island? A) A map and a compass. B) A horse and a sword. C) A crown and a scepter. D) Treasure and a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treasure and a ship. 23. During the Greek Dark Ages ..... A) Stone palaces fell. B) The economy collapsed. C) Writing seems to have disappeared. D) Writing flourished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing seems to have disappeared. 24. A spoken conversation between two characters A) Narration. B) Sentence variation. C) Inner monologue. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 25. Who is the witch/goddess who keeps Odysseus with her? A) Charibdis. B) Scylla. C) Calypso. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. 26. What is the only thing that Odysseus cares about? A) Getting home to Ithaca. B) Sleeping soundly. C) Fighting in war. D) Marrying Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting home to Ithaca. 27. What is the most likely meaning of offended in the following sentence? Use context clues to help you. Miles offended his grandfather by forgetting to thank him for the birthday gift.A.worriedB.confusedC.delightedD.displeased A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 28. How did the Greek soldiers sneak into Troy? A) Wooden boat. B) Wooden pig. C) Wooden catapult. D) Wooden horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wooden horse. 29. Where is Poseidon during this book? A) Ismaros. B) The Ethiopians (or the end of the world). C) The Island of Helios. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ethiopians (or the end of the world). 30. The Odyssey is ..... A) An epic. B) A myth. C) The novel. D) A song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An epic. 31. What should Odysseus do if wants to experience the sirens? A) Helios threatens to stop shining the sun if they don't make a sacrifice so Zeus throws a lightning bolt and kills all Odysseus' men and destroys his ship. B) A female monster with 6 heads and 12 legs; lives in a cave halfway up a steep cliff. C) Be tied to the mast, hands and feet, pulled tighter each time he begs to go to the island. D) They are women who sing and lure men to their island to die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be tied to the mast, hands and feet, pulled tighter each time he begs to go to the island. 32. Odysseus used ..... when he said he name was "Nohbdy" . A) Lotion. B) Aversion. C) Guile. D) Flattery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guile. 33. Lumbered means to move ..... A) Athletically. B) Clumsily. C) Cleverly. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clumsily. 34. Examine Dialogue:What big idea or topic is conveyed by the details found in the dialogue on page 79? A) Temptation. B) Hubris . C) Endurance. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fate. 35. If Odysseus wants to leave, however, King Alcinous offers: A) His men to row him home. B) A chariot and horses. C) A blessing from Hermes. D) A specially formed shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His men to row him home. 36. Who is the goddess of wisdom? A) Athena. B) Antinous. C) Poseidon. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 37. Where does Calypso keep Odysseus before he is allowed to leave? A) Troy. B) Sparta. C) Her island. D) Mount Olympus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her island. 38. Before asking his guest questions, what does Telemachus do for him? A) Gives him a gift. B) Feeds him food and water. C) Saves him from a giant. D) Finds him a seat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeds him food and water. 39. Home of Odysseus A) Poseidon. B) Ladyship. C) Valor. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 40. Odysseus is telling the story of his journey to someone who ultimately helps him return home. Who is this? A) King Alcinous, King of Phaeacia. B) Scylla. C) Telemachus. D) King of Village Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alcinous, King of Phaeacia. 41. In reality, what probably started the Trojan War? *It was in the background packet ..... A) The gods. B) Odysseus and the wooden horse. C) A golden apple. D) Control of the waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control of the waterways. 42. When Odysseus returns home, Athena advises him to disguise himself as a- A) Begging. B) Soldier. C) Swineherd. D) Prophet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begging. 43. How was Telemachus described by the end of Book One and Book Two? A) Self-assured. B) Passive. C) Discouraged. D) Pathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-assured. 44. How did the Greeks use the Trojan Horse to win the war? A) Used it to show their skills. B) Used it as a symbol of superiority. C) Used it to get into the city. D) Used it as a peace offering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used it to get into the city. 45. What does Telemachus originally think Odysseus is? A) His father. B) A god. C) A ghost. D) A Siren. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A god. 46. How does Odysseus show he is an epic hero when compared to the other captain? A) Odysseus is more important so he didn't have to explore the island first. B) The other captain used his wits to not get turned into an animal. C) The other captain left the men and Odysseus went back to try to save them. D) Odysseus is stronger and better looking than the other captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The other captain used his wits to not get turned into an animal. 47. Son of Poseidon, One eyed giant A) Apollo. B) Telemachus. C) Hermes. D) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hermes. 48. What does starting in medias res mean? A) Starting the story in the middle. B) Starting the story in the end and then flashing back. C) Starting the story from the beginning. D) Taking a break from telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Starting the story in the middle. 49. The war lasted 9 years. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. Book #9 begins with this type of opening A) In Media Res. B) Invocation of the muse. C) Epic Argument. D) A totally original song composed by Elton John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Media Res. 51. He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey A) Homer. B) The Muse. C) Telemachus. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homer. 52. V. finished quickly. A) Urged. B) Tempt. C) Dispatched. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispatched. 53. Who is Odysseus's Patron God that helps him A) Athena. B) Zeus. C) Aries. D) Helios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 54. Who is this man? A) Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. B) Telemachus, son of Odysses. C) Elpinor, sailor of Odysseus. D) Achilles, best friend of Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles, best friend of Odysseus. 55. What does Odysseus do on the ship as the Phaecians take him home to Ithaka? A) Command the ship. B) Prays to the gods. C) Sleeps. D) Fights Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeps. 56. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he decides not to be too forward in his approach with the Phaeacians? A) Tragic Flaw. B) Courage. C) Intelligence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligence. 57. Steve's ..... prevented him from asking for directions. A) Arete. B) Hubris. C) Pleading. D) Xenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubris. 58. What is a lotus? A) A type of flower that alters one's mind. B) An aquatic plant. C) A tasty dish. D) Both A and B tags9-10.RL.2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B tags9-10.RL.2.1. 59. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:bring out of sleep; awaken. A) Futile. B) Roused. C) Clamored. D) Lapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roused. 60. Living up to one's full potential A) Dharma. B) Arete. C) Honor. D) Duty. 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