This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence? A) Imagery. B) Inference. C) Indirect characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inference. 2. What is Aphrodite the goddess of? A) Love and beauty. B) Seas and rivers. C) Wisdom and warfare. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love and beauty. 3. "They jumped up and crowded around, egging Irus on and cheering drunkenly as Odysseus tucked up his rags." What can readers infer about the suitors from this sentence? A) They do not care who wins; they just want to watch a fight. B) They do not want to be discovered; they want the fight to happen in secret. C) They are not interested in Irus; they want to see Odysseus win. D) They are not interested in Odysseus; they want to see Irus win. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They do not care who wins; they just want to watch a fight. 4. How long was Odysseus away from home? A) 20 years. B) 10 years. C) 15 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 years. 5. Wise; very knowledgeable, and experienced. A) FROM. B) Sage. C) Work. D) Maelstrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sage. 6. The crew had to ..... the ship because it began to sink. A) Dread. B) Murmur. C) Overshadow. D) Abandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abandon. 7. Who killed Neoptolemus? A) Telemachus. B) Eumaeus. C) The stockman. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus. 8. Who composed the 'Odyssey'? A) A man-eating giant. B) A blind man named Homer. C) A sorceress who turns men into pigs. D) A long-lost king taking back his throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A blind man named Homer. 9. A colleague, partner, mate, or comrade A) Nemesis. B) Companion. C) Correspondent. D) Adversary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Companion. 10. What was the Cyclops's name that Odysseus blinded? A) Cyclops. B) Argus. C) Goliath. D) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyphemus. 11. Who is this? I loved Odysseus and kept him on my island for 8-10 years after all his crewmates died. A) Calypso. B) Polyphemus. C) Odysseus. D) King Alcinous. E) Lotus-Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 12. Who is Telemachus? A) A sailor. B) Odysseus' Son. C) Odysseus' Enemy. D) Odyssesus' Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus' Son. 13. When Odysseus is first summoned by the other Greeks to join the Trojan war, he pretends to be insane to avoid going. What is the best explanation of why he does that? A) Odysseus is known to be a coward. B) Odysseus never keeps his word. C) Odysseus hates sailing. D) Odysseus doesn't want to leave his wife and newborn child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus doesn't want to leave his wife and newborn child. 14. What is the Phaeacian Bard called? A) Homer. B) Phemius. C) Phemion. D) Demodocus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demodocus. 15. The soldiers hid in the trojan ..... A) Bull. B) Donkey. C) Cyclops. D) Horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horse. 16. What is the name of the cyclops? A) Hydra. B) Bucephalus. C) Polyphemus. D) Polymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polyphemus. 17. The sound made by a sheep or a goat. A) Consort. B) Mendicant. C) Bleat. D) Nape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bleat. 18. This god is in charge of the Underworld. A) Zeus. B) Hera. C) Poseidon. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hades. 19. How did Odysseus come out of the water? A) He was quiet, with a clean body, and confident. B) He came out rustling, rain-drenched, wind buffeted, hungry, and covered in brine. C) He came out of the water upset and ready to attack anyone in his way. D) He came out of the water like a god, golden, handsome, and glowing with radiant beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He came out rustling, rain-drenched, wind buffeted, hungry, and covered in brine. 20. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Polyphemus? A) He is the son of Zeus. B) He devoured Greeks. C) He is the son of Poseidon. D) He was blinded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is the son of Zeus. 21. The people are always in fear of the gods temper A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. A goddess and enchantress who changes men into animals A) Calypso. B) Circe. C) Telemachus. D) Sirens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circe. 23. In the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, why does Odysseus sail to the faraway mysterious shore?A.He believes it will be safer there.B.He thinks he will find food there.C.He wants to know who lives there.D.He hopes to capture a monster there. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 24. What was the 49 Danaid's punishment? A) They had to roll a boulder up a hill and it always rolled back down. B) They could never eat or drink because it was out of reach. C) They had to carry water in jugs that were leaking. D) They were chained to a mountain and an eagle pecked at their flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had to carry water in jugs that were leaking. 25. What made Odysseus seem clever while he was trapped with Calypso? A) He told Calypso that Penelope could never compete with her. B) He would sleep with Calypso every night. C) He told Calypso he loved her so she would make him immortal. D) He would cry everyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told Calypso that Penelope could never compete with her. 26. Which city was Odysseus the king of? A) Troy. B) Ithaca. C) Sparta. D) Mykonos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 27. Penelope shows her true feelings for Odysseus by A) Devising a simple archery contest for the suitors. B) Recognizing Odysseus through his disguise. C) Arguing for the beggar's right to shoot. D) Weeping over Odysseus' bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weeping over Odysseus' bow. 28. Greek for "error" -error in judgment made by a tragic hero A) Hamartia. B) Hubris. C) Souvlaki. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamartia. 29. What does "famished" mean? A) Very sleepy. B) Very forgetful. C) Very hungry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very hungry. 30. Who offers Telemachus a warm welcome in Sparta even before learning his identity? A) Menelaus. B) Nestor. C) Pisistratus. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menelaus. 31. Which messenger god told Calypso to let Odysseus go? A) Hermes. B) Apollo. C) Ares. D) Dionysus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 32. Who is the best person in town for Odysseus to ask for further help from? A) Arete. B) Bored. C) Athena. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arete. 33. What was the name of Odysseus' wife? A) Fabulous. B) Jacklyn. C) Gretchen. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 34. Penelope pretends to have moved Odysseus's ..... to test him to see if it is really him. A) Bed. B) Shield. C) Nightstand. D) Orchard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bed. 35. Who recognizes Odysseus in Menelaus's palace due to his resemblance to his father? A) Nestor. B) Helen. C) Athena. D) Menelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helen. 36. What happens on the Island of Circe? A) The men stay for a month and tell tales. B) The men are turned into animals. C) The men blind the cyclops. D) They find the winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The men are turned into animals. 37. Odysseus makes many mistakes due to his overconfidence and pride. He eventually learns to be more humble.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Supernatural friends and foes. B) Humility earned/gained. C) Travel. D) Born into power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humility earned/gained. 38. What people fought in the Trojan War? A) Gods and Greeks. B) Trojans and Greeks. C) Italians and Greeks. D) Greeks and Asians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trojans and Greeks. 39. Why is Odysseus trapped on an island? A) He is being pursued by a man-eating giant. B) He is searching for his long-lost king. C) He is under the spell of a sorceress. D) He angered the sea god Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He angered the sea god Poseidon. 40. "An extended journey or quest" is an ..... A) Adventure. B) Expedition. C) Epic. D) Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odyssey. 41. What did Telemachus use to hang the disloyal women? A) Belt. B) Rope. C) Ship's cable. D) Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ship's cable. 42. What does the Greek word, xenia mean? A) Anger. B) Jealousy. C) Hospitality. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitality. 43. How long are the men trapped on Circe's island? A) 1 day. B) 1 week. C) 1 year. D) 1 month. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 year. 44. Which of the following could be identified as a theme in the novel? A) Adventure. B) Nations at Peacetime. C) Gender Equality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventure. 45. Why might it be surprising the way Homer introduces us to Odysseus in Book V? A) He seems uninterested in returning home. B) He is moppy and appears quite pathetic. C) He appears quite happy with his situation. D) Homer refers to him in the first person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is moppy and appears quite pathetic. 46. The Odyssey begins at the end of A) The Trojan War. B) The Civil War. C) The Greek War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Trojan War. 47. A universal theme is ..... A) The most intense part of the story. B) The part when we get all the information about the characters. C) The lesson that is being told throughout the story. D) The main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lesson that is being told throughout the story. 48. "No, not six serpents but one serpent with six heads-a lizard-backed and scaly beast whose haunches squirmed in its high, cavernous den, while it's clawed feet scrabble down the cliff-face and its six heads weaved over the speeding ship." Which character is described in this direct quote? A) Scylla. B) Poseidon. C) Medusa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scylla. 49. How long does the storm last on the island with the cattle? A) A Month. B) A Week. C) Three Days. D) Two Weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Month. 50. Based on what you learned from reading the story, what is the theme of Tales from the Odyssey? A) Acting foolish only leads to mistakes. B) Never give up in the face of difficulty. C) Just wait patiently and trouble will pass. D) Overcome challenges by planning ahead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never give up in the face of difficulty. 51. Besides shipbuilding, what are the Phaeacians known for? A) Books, songs, and winning. B) Dreams, music, and singing. C) Toys, art, and celebrating. D) Sports, games, and dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sports, games, and dancing. 52. What is Charybdis? A) A sleepy horse that can talk. B) A giant whirlpool. C) A monster with six heads. D) A chicken with a man's head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A giant whirlpool. 53. A sudden, overpowering feeling of fear. A) Panicked. B) Pancake. C) Pickey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panicked. 54. She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it. A) Calypso. B) Scylla. C) Charybdis. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 55. On the island of the Sun, Odysseus's men disobey his orders when they are overcome by A) Curiosity. B) Panic. C) Greed. D) Hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunger. 56. According to Odysseus, Zeus is ..... A) Making them forget the past. B) Hurling thunderbolts at them. C) Sending them on a long journey. D) Offering them beautiful flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurling thunderbolts at them. 57. Why is it called the "Bronze Age" ? A) The primary usage of Bronze. B) The allure of Bronze. C) The usage of Stone. D) The usage of Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The primary usage of Bronze. 58. Where did Odysseus and his men end up after they were blown way across the sea? A) Libya on the north coast of Africa. B) Egypt. C) Close to home in the Greek territories. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Libya on the north coast of Africa. 59. Athena visits Telemachus and transforms herself into: A) Winston, Janitor to the Stars. B) Mentes, Captain of the Taphians. C) Rygel, General of the Spartans. D) Titus, Warrior for the Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mentes, Captain of the Taphians. 60. Why did Penolope find the need to test Odysseus? A) She didn't want it to be him. B) She had peace for so many years. C) She had so many deceitful people aroud her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had so many deceitful people aroud her. ← 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