This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where was Odysseus told to go first? (13) A) Eumaeus (the swine herd). B) To Athena. C) To go straight to the suitors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eumaeus (the swine herd). 2. What did the people of Pylos sacrifice for Poseidon? A) Ducks. B) Dogs. C) Carrots. D) Bulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bulls. 3. What challenge does Penelope face on Ithaca while Odysseus is away? A) She struggles to protect Telemachus from a group of suitors. B) She is struggling to raise Telemachus. C) She is struggling to rule the kingdom of Ithaca. D) She struggles with a group suitors who wish to marry her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She struggles with a group suitors who wish to marry her. 4. How many women were disloyal to Odysseus's house? A) Fifteen. B) Twelve. C) Ten. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twelve. 5. If people are described as fugitives from justice, which statement is most likely to be true of them? A) They have been found note guilty at trial. B) They are being held in jail. C) They have run away to avoid arrest. D) They have committed a minor crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have run away to avoid arrest. 6. When Circe bows down to Odysseus because she was told he can resist her magic, what does that best represent? A) Odysseus as an intimidating figure. B) Odysseus as a source of gossip. C) Odysseus as an epic hero. D) Odysseus as a soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus as an epic hero. 7. This God is angry with Odysseus because of what he did to his son, Polyphemus, so he makes Odysseus's journey home very difficult A) Apollo. B) Zeus. C) Poseidon. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 8. Which of the Olympian gods tries to drown Odysseus when he leaves Ogygia? A) Hermes. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 9. Menelaus is able to learn what happened to Odysseus by doing what? A) Praying to Hermes to deliver a message to Odysseus. B) Asking an oracle on a deserted island. C) Snaring the Old Man of the Sea. D) By hearing a story from another soldier who had seen him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snaring the Old Man of the Sea. 10. The homeless family was ..... of food and shelter. A) Dispatched. B) Bereft. C) Assuaged. D) Plundered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bereft. 11. King Alcinous offers, if Ulysses wants to stay: A) A right-hand position in his sentry. B) Immortality. C) His daughter in marriage. D) A whole army to command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His daughter in marriage. 12. Character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean A) Achilles. B) Polyphemus. C) Telemachus. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus. 13. What did Odysseus examine the bow for before stringing it? A) Rust. B) Worms. C) Cracks. D) Engravings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worms. 14. Which of the gods and goddesses is Odysseus' greatest ally? A) His greatest ally is Zeus. B) His greatest ally is Poseidon. C) His greatest ally is Hermes. D) His greatest ally is Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His greatest ally is Athena. 15. What does Odysseus receive from the man who insulted him? A) A cloak. B) A sword. C) A cup. D) A crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sword. 16. Who is the swineherd who helps Odysseus? A) Eurymachus. B) Eurycleia. C) Eumaeus. D) Eurylochus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eumaeus. 17. Who saved Odysseus from drowning? A) King Alcinous. B) Demodocus. C) Nausicaa. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nausicaa. 18. Why did Penelope have suitors in the Odyssey? A) Because she was known to be very wealthy and they wanted her money. B) Because she was a powerful sorceress and they wanted to learn her secrets. C) Because they were all related to her and wanted to reunite the family. D) Because her husband, Odysseus, was presumed dead and they wanted to marry her and take over his kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because her husband, Odysseus, was presumed dead and they wanted to marry her and take over his kingdom. 19. Which mythical creature is a Cyclops, who Odysseus meets and defeats? A) Polyphemus. B) Sirens. C) Charybdis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyphemus. 20. What is Odysseus' mission in the Odyssey? A) To find the underworld. B) To get back home. C) To find riches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get back home. 21. What does Odysseus do to save his men and himself from the sirens? A) He prays and makes an offering to the sirens. B) He puts beeswax in his crew members' ears. C) He gets himself tied to the mast of his ship. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 22. What is an invocation to the muse? A) Asking a muse to protext you from Zeus's wrath. B) Painting a picture of a beautiful woman. C) Asking one of the daughters of Zeus to help craft the story. D) Asking a muse to take over your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asking one of the daughters of Zeus to help craft the story. 23. What offer does Calypso make Odysseus to get him to stay with her? A) Ambrosia. B) Freedom. C) Immortality. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immortality. 24. What is Odysseus and his men not supposed to take from the Sun God? A) Cows. B) Money. C) Rocks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cows. 25. What are the names of the two main suitors for Odysseus' wife? A) Scylla and Charybdis. B) Eurymachus and Telemachus. C) Antinous and Telemachus. D) Eurymachus and Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eurymachus and Antinous. 26. In the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, what effect do the lotus flowers have on the missing men?A.The flowers cause the men to become lost.B.The flowers cause the men to weep with joy.C.The flowers cause the men to forget the past.D.The flowers cause the men to distrust Odysseus. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 27. What type of vegetation saved Odysseus from Charybdis? A) A stalk of fennel. B) A fig tree. C) An apple tree. D) The flower moly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fig tree. 28. Whom does Athena disguise herself as before visiting Telemachus? A) Athena disguises herself as Odysseus. B) Athena disguises herself as Mentes. C) Athena disguises herself as Nestor. D) Athena disguises herself as Mentor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena disguises herself as Mentes. 29. A weapon with a long blade for cutting or fighting. A) Swamp. B) Word. C) Sword. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sword. 30. A comrade is one's ..... A) Military leader. B) Mentor. C) Enemy. D) Friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friend. 31. Who wrote Odyssey? A) Odysseus. B) Shakespeare. C) Homer. D) Burton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homer. 32. What did Penelope test Odysseus over? A) His loyalty. B) His responsibility. C) His rationality. D) His honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His honesty. 33. Of great size or strength. A) Titanic. B) Bereft. C) Insidious. D) Ardor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titanic. 34. What makes Athena an important character in the story? A) "Hero to Soldiers", she helps those in battle and helps Odysseus get home. B) She is Odysseus' friend and decides to be helpful sometimes. C) She hates her uncle, so Odysseus likes her. D) Warrior gods rock!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hero to Soldiers", she helps those in battle and helps Odysseus get home. 35. What does the word "gear" primarily refer to? A) A type of clothing. B) Equipment needed for a specific activity. C) A part of a machine that turns. D) An attitude or readiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equipment needed for a specific activity. 36. Homer is credited for writing ..... A) The iliad. B) The Odyssey. C) The iliad and the Odyssey. D) The Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The iliad and the Odyssey. 37. A single protester attempted to ..... a banner, but was quickly arrested. A) Unscathed. B) Unfurl. C) Brandish. D) Gouge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unfurl. 38. How does Odysseus reveal himself to Penelope's suitors? A) He completes the test of the bow. B) Telemachus introduces him to the suitors. C) Eurycleia accidentally tells the suitors Odysseus has returned. D) He reveals his scars from the Trojan war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He completes the test of the bow. 39. Which of these is not one of the three main stages of The Hero's Journey? A) Return. B) Initiation. C) Special World. D) Departure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special World. 40. What did the Greeks use to tell stories? A) Books. B) Songs. C) Scrolls. D) Cave drawings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Songs. 41. How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops' cave? A) Using a magic spell to teleport out of the cave. B) Blinding the Cyclops and hiding under the sheep. C) Sneaking out while the Cyclops was sleeping. D) Pretending to be friendly with the Cyclops and then attacking him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blinding the Cyclops and hiding under the sheep. 42. Where were Odysseus and his men blown to after opening the bag of winds? A) Circe's island. B) Hades. C) The land of the savage Laestrygonians. D) The island of Aeolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The land of the savage Laestrygonians. 43. What were the Muses said to provide A) Inspiration to tell stories. B) Intelligence in the arts. C) Kindness in everyday life. D) Torture in the underworld. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiration to tell stories. 44. Which of the following quotes from the passage best demonstrates that Odysseus has learned humility? A) "Undo the ropes! Everything I said before was nonsense." (82). B) "Woman, what have you done? I built that bed around an ancient olive tree." (169). C) "I was one of the men who crouched inside that horse." (130). D) "Princess have pity on me Please provide me with some rags to cover my body" (124). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Princess have pity on me Please provide me with some rags to cover my body" (124). 45. Who was Odysseus aggrieved (upset) to see in Hades? A) His son. B) His father. C) His wife. D) His mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His mother. 46. Which god is in favor of Odysseus going home? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Zeus. D) Calypso. E) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 47. How did Odysseus and his men avoid the Sirens' deadly song? A) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. B) They bribed the Sirens with treasure to stop singing. C) They used earplugs and blindfolds. D) They sang a louder song to drown out the Sirens' song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. 48. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he tells the cyclops to tell everyone that Odysseus of Ithaca put out his eye. A) Tragic Flaw. B) Superhuman Capabilities. C) Divine Assistance. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic Flaw. 49. Odysseus' story to the king and queen included all of the following EXCEPT: A) His gloried at Troy. B) His time with Calyso. C) His harrowing journey to reach their island. D) How their daughter helped him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His gloried at Troy. 50. Son of the King of Ithaca A) Telemachus. B) Demodocus. C) Elpenor. D) Eurylochus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. 51. What is the social code of ancient Greece that demanded showing kindness to strangers? A) Arete. B) Nemesis. C) Xenia. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xenia. 52. We were soaking wet after carrying in the groceries. The ..... was unleashed from the sky before we could finish. A) Profusion. B) Provision. C) Adversary. D) Squall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squall. 53. Heroic courage; bravery A) Contending. B) Valor. C) Ordained. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valor. 54. Character who weaves a burial shroud by day and takes it apart by night A) Athena. B) Scylla. C) Penelope. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Penelope. 55. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Her mind in torment, wheeling like some lion at bay, dreading the gangs of hunters closing their cunning ring around him for the finish." A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Simile. 56. Which god was angry with Odysseus for blinding his son? A) Apollo. B) Hermes. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 57. "And now it is my turn to incur the envy of you gods for living with a mortal man ..... " Who said this and to whom? A) Athena to Poseidon. B) Calypso to Hermes. C) Calypso to Zeus. D) Penelope to Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso to Hermes. 58. To which Greek God is the Olympic games dedicated to? A) Hades. B) Athena. C) Poseidon. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeus. 59. Who is condemned for eternity to try (and fail) to push a boulder up and over a hill A) Tantalus. B) Sisyphus. C) Heracles. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sisyphus. 60. "They jumped up and crowded around, egging Irus on and cheering drunkenly as Odysseus tucked up his rags." Part A:What does egging mean as it is used in this context? A) Warning. B) Watching. C) Fighting. D) Encouraging. 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