This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which character states the following: "If you had turned back ..... if only you had cared enough to turn back and look for me and give me a decent burial! But I came here nameless and the spirits won't speak to me, because I had no proper funeral." A) Citizens. B) Hector. C) Elpenor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elpenor. 2. Odysseus considered Terry to be his ..... because he protected him. A) Despair. B) Bewildered. C) Comrade. D) Murmur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comrade. 3. What happens in the episode involving Odysseus' dog, Argus? A) When Odysseus sees Argus, he weeps openly and loudly. B) Odysseus asks Eumaeus to take care of Argus. C) When Argus hears Odysseus' voice after 20 years, he recognizes Odysseus. D) Argus no longer recognizes Odysseus even though Odysseus trained him as a puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When Argus hears Odysseus' voice after 20 years, he recognizes Odysseus. 4. During the episode, "The Lotus-Eaters", what does Odysseus lose? A) His ship. B) His winds. C) His men. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His men. 5. In line 48, the word ecstatic means- A) Feeling or expressing overwhelming anger. B) Feeling or expressing overwhelming sadness. C) Feeling or expressing overwhelming pride. D) Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness. 6. Athena disguises Odysseus as a ..... A) Sailor. B) Beggar. C) Soldier. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beggar. 7. Polyphemus prays to Poseidon to curse Odysseus and his men in all the following ways EXCEPT ..... A) Have Odysseus become blinded like him. B) Make Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca very long and difficult. C) Have all of Odysseus' men die. D) Lose Odysseus' ship and return home on a stranger's ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have Odysseus become blinded like him. 8. A brief, violent storm A) Ardor. B) Squall. C) Mammoth. D) Bereft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squall. 9. Odysseus is helped by A) Athena and Hermes. B) Poseidon and Hades. C) Hera and Zeus. D) Apollo and Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena and Hermes. 10. What does Odysseus tell Telemachus to do when he gets home? A) Tell Penelope he is alive. B) Kill the leader of the suitors. C) Lock up the weapons and armor. D) Poison the food and drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lock up the weapons and armor. 11. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he wins the "Games" at Phaeacia? A) Tragic Flaw. B) Superhuman Capabilities. C) Courage. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superhuman Capabilities. 12. Victuals are ..... A) Sails. B) Food. C) Fights. D) Sticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food. 13. If a person showed wrath toward an enemy, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of wrath.A.He showed intense fear.B.He showed good manners.C.He showed extreme anger.D.He showed poor judgment. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 14. When Odysseus and his men left Cicones, they encountered what at sea? A) A lot of fog. B) Horrible storms. C) Extreme sea sickness. D) A giant shark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horrible storms. 15. Where did Achilles Die? A) Troy. B) Sparta. C) Piles. D) Ithica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troy. 16. Which of these is NOT an element of epic poetry? A) Rhythm. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 17. What is Odysseus nearly attacked by when arriving at the swineherd's home? A) Wolves. B) Bears. C) Dogs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs. 18. Which goddesses helps Telemachus find his dad? A) Aphrodite. B) Athena. C) Hera. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 19. What ways is Odysseus a hero in this chapter? A) He tricks the cyclops with his words. B) He leads his men to seriously damage Polyphemus. C) He directs his men to hid under the sheep to get away. D) All of these are heroic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are heroic. 20. What are the aspects of a hero's journey? A) 1. call to adventure 2. return home 3. transformation 4. road of trials 5. supreme ordeal. B) 1. supreme ordeal 2. transformation 3. road of trials 4. go home and sleep. C) 1. Call to adventure 2. road of trials 3. supreme ordeal 4. transforamtion 5. Return Home. D) 1. Road of trials 2. supreme ordeal 3. Return home 4. Transformation 5. Call to adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. Call to adventure 2. road of trials 3. supreme ordeal 4. transforamtion 5. Return Home. 21. What disguise does Athena put on to lead Odysseus to the palace? A) An old man. B) A little girl. C) A large sheep. D) A beautiful woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A little girl. 22. Who is Nausicaa's father? A) Zeus. B) King Nestor. C) King Alcinous. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Alcinous. 23. Which god does Odysseus anger? A) Zeus. B) Hermes. C) Poseidon. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 24. What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage? A) The serpent of the Seas. B) The badger of the Mountains. C) The cattle of the Sun. D) The eagle of the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cattle of the Sun. 25. The mischievous child would ..... around corners, hiding from those looking for him, just to play a prank. A) Skulk. B) Wander. C) Stroll. D) Race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skulk. 26. What happens to Odysseus's men? A) They are with him. B) They drowned when his ship sank. C) They stayed with the Lotus eathers. D) They were killed by a god. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were killed by a god. 27. What is the significance of the Sirens in The Odyssey? A) They represent temptation and the dangers of succumbing to it. B) They are symbols of wisdom and guidance. C) They are protectors of sailors. D) They are messengers of good fortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They represent temptation and the dangers of succumbing to it. 28. "Poor wretch that I am what will become of me after all? There is nothing for me now but sudden death." What does Odysseus say next? A) "Every word the goddess said is coming true.". B) "Four times more blessed are my countrymen who died on the wide plains of Troy". C) "It seems I was predestined to an ignoble death". D) "My fair wife and great kingdom I shall never see". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Four times more blessed are my countrymen who died on the wide plains of Troy". 29. Which god curses Odysseus to wander the seas for TEN YEARS after he leaves Troy? A) Poseidon. B) Athena. C) Aphrodite. D) Optimus Prime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 30. Why does Odysseus reveal his true identity to Polyphemus? A) His men urge him to reveal his name. B) He thinks Zeus is listening. C) He thinks it will make Polyphemus less angry. D) He is overcome by anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is overcome by anger. 31. Which humans help Odysseus during the battle? A) His son and two loyal servants. B) His son and Agamemnon. C) Penelope and her maids. D) Eurymachus and Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His son and two loyal servants. 32. Odysseus and his men spent one ..... on the island. A) Week. B) Month. C) Day. D) Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Year. 33. What is the relationship between Athena and Odysseus? A) Enemies. B) Mother and son. C) Protector and mortal. D) Siblings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protector and mortal. 34. The word "muse" means A) Artistic influence. B) Poetry. C) Greek for women. D) Person who writes books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artistic influence. 35. How does Athena keep the city's people from recognizing Odysseus? A) Makes all the other men blind. B) Surrounds him in mist. C) Gives him a clever disguise. D) Renders him invisible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrounds him in mist. 36. In the land of the giants, Odysseus' men are A) Given food and water. B) Given a place to sleep. C) Speared like fish and eaten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speared like fish and eaten. 37. Xenia is the Greek concept for ..... A) Pride. B) Getting ready for battle. C) Anger. D) Hospitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hospitality. 38. What disguise does Athena give Odysseus? A) An old man. B) A child. C) A king. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An old man. 39. Father of the Gods A) Hermes. B) Zeus. C) Aeolus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeus. 40. Who tries to protect Odysseus from Circe's magic? A) Hermes. B) Athena. C) Helios. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 41. "Salt tears rose from the wells of longing of both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of a great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. So helplessly they cried, pouring out tears, and might have gone weeping until sundown." Identify the literary device used. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Homeric simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeric simile. 42. What was Odysseus debating? A) If he should embrace Nausikaa's knees. B) Convince Nausikaa to bring him to town and beg for clothing. C) Scare the girls off so they would leave. D) Steal the mule cart and go to town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If he should embrace Nausikaa's knees. 43. The warriors ..... the village and took valuable items. A) Blundered. B) Plundered. C) Shoplifted. D) Thundered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plundered. 44. Who does Odysseus find outside of the hut? A) Athena. B) Eumaeus. C) Telemachos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eumaeus. 45. Which of the Olympian gods sunk Odysseus ship, causing him to become stuck on Ogygia? A) Poseidon. B) Hermes. C) Zeus. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeus. 46. Odysseus wants to go A) To war. B) Home. C) To Mount Olympus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Home. 47. What cool trick could Odysseus do, but others couldn't? A) He could shoot an arrow through several axe handles all lined up. B) He could control the wind and would sail all around Greece. C) He could ride under the belly of sheep. D) He could transform himself whenever he wanted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He could shoot an arrow through several axe handles all lined up. 48. Who is Polyphemus? A) The Cyclops. B) One of Odysseus's crew. C) An arrogant suitor. D) A lotus eater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cyclops. 49. Which of the following archetypes is not found in The Odyssey? A) The loyal servant. B) The wicked temptress. C) Buried treasure. D) The suitor's contest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buried treasure. 50. What does Penelope do so that she will never need to choose a new husband? A) She hides from the suitors. B) She weaves at her loom and unravels her work at night. C) She weaves a shroud so large that it will never be finished. D) She pretends to be crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She weaves at her loom and unravels her work at night. 51. What type of figurative language is the following excerpt:"But now, no use, he's died a wretched death.No comfort's left for us ..... not even ifsomeone, somewhere, says he's coming home. The day of his return will never dawn." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 52. What happens to the suitors (Princes)? A) They leave when Penelope asks them to. B) Poseidon punishes them. C) Odysseus kills them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus kills them. 53. Food was getting ..... during the drought. A) Tidbits. B) Vile. C) Scarce. D) Snare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarce. 54. Myths were told (a) A) A orally. B) Only by Homer. C) To teach and not entertain. D) By the gods and goddesses. E) Traditionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A orally. 55. Who "longed to marry" Odysseus and kept him in her "vaulted cave" ? A) Penelope. B) Athena. C) Calypso. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. 56. How many of Odysseus' 12 ships, 600 men, unnamed women, and livestock make it home? A) All of them. B) Half of them. C) One ship with fifty men. D) Just Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Just Odysseus. 57. What happens with Paris and the golden apple? A) Aphrodite gives it to him & makes him the greatest hero of the Trojan war. B) He awards it to Aphrodite, steals Helen, and starts the Trojan War. C) When he eats it, the poison causes his death. D) It is his prize for winning The Trojan War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He awards it to Aphrodite, steals Helen, and starts the Trojan War. 58. The Navy Admiral used strategic ..... to win the battle at sea A) Acting. B) Manipulation. C) Tactics. D) Orders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tactics. 59. The ..... baskets held the whey until it was time for supper. A) Lee. B) Sage. C) Withy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withy. 60. Which word means after a long time? A) Finally. B) Barely. C) Certainly. D) Hopefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finally. ← 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