This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. " ..... creatures who spellbind any man alive ..... Whoever draws too close, off guard ..... no sailing home for him." A) Sirens. B) Lotus-Eaters. C) Charybdis. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sirens. 2. Synonym for "wrath" A) Happy. B) Annoyed. C) Anger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anger. 3. What does Nausikaa do? A) She tells him that he will not go without clothing or any other discomfort. B) She leaves him and goes home. C) She turns him to the King and Queen. D) She tells him to go back into the stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She tells him that he will not go without clothing or any other discomfort. 4. Which event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus fails to control his men and leaves them unattended. He is heartbroken by their decision to break their oath because he knows they will now face the wrath of the gods and all of his crew will die. A) The encounter with Aeolus and the bag. B) The encounter with Scylla and Charybdis. C) The encounter with the Laestrygonians. D) The encounter with on Thrinacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The encounter with on Thrinacia. 5. How did Odysseus keep his crew safe from the Sirens' song? A) Magic spells. B) Silence. C) Earplugs. D) Wax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wax. 6. Based upon this passage, which three words best describe Odysseus? A) Contending, plundered, weathered. B) Harried, valor, recklessness. C) Adventures, shipmates, Muse. D) Skilled, wanders, Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skilled, wanders, Troy. 7. Why were the gods angry and punishing Odysseus? A) He took one of their wives. B) He ate one of the god's cows. C) He cursed at them. D) He lied to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ate one of the god's cows. 8. When it comes to the Odyssey, Odyssey means: A) An extended journey or quest. B) A trip through the seas. C) A divine chapter in someone's life. D) A long adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extended journey or quest. 9. Every hockey team has a ..... who fights and takes cheap shots more than playing the game. A) Xenia. B) Libation. C) Brute. D) The gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brute. 10. Which of the following phrases from the passage best illustrates the answer to the last question? A) In one motion strung the bow. B) Like a musician, like a harper. C) The great bow's look and heft. D) So effortlessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like a musician, like a harper. 11. What does king Aeolus give to Odysseus and his crew? A) A bag of wind. B) A map. C) A golden compass. D) A sword made by Hephaestus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bag of wind. 12. How do Odysseus men die? 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) The Sirens. C) She creates a whirlpool three times a day each time someone passes and everyone dies. D) Take the path closest to Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: 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. 13. What is Agamemnon's advice to Odysseus? A) Be cautious. B) Don't share secrets with his wife. C) Return home in secret. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 14. Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home? A) Lethe-root. B) Hemlock. C) Poppy. D) Lotus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotus. 15. Who is holding Odysseus hostage on the island? A) Leonora, the cyclops. B) Calypso, the sea nymph. C) Athena, the greatly overrated singer of the gods. D) Johannes, the lobster lady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso, the sea nymph. 16. Who was the rhapsode of The Odyssey? A) Taco. B) JK. Rowling. C) Homer. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homer. 17. The loud noise from the fire alarm helped to ..... everyone from their deep sleep. A) Rouse. B) Inspire. C) Soothe. D) Enchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rouse. 18. Epic poems include supernatural elements? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. "In a smithy one sees a white-hot axehead or an adzeplunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam ..... the way they make soft iron hale and hard ..... just so that eyeball hissed around the spike." A) Imagery. B) Epic Simile. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Simile. 20. To dislike strongly, be against. A) Verse. B) Universe. C) Advent. D) Averse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Averse. 21. Mentor Archetype A) Polyphemus. B) Hermes. C) Zeus. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 22. Odysseus is the focus of which epic? A) Clash of the Titans. B) The Odyssey. C) The Illiad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Odyssey. 23. What is an universal idea or symbol? A) Myth. B) The Hero's Journey. C) Archetype. D) The Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 24. What isn't true about the author? A) There is no credible information about him. B) He was blind. C) He was the child of a muse. D) He also wrote Metamorphoses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He also wrote Metamorphoses. 25. Horrified, shocked A) Appalled. B) Brazen. C) Dell. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appalled. 26. When visiting the Lotus Eaters, the greatest challenge is that the men may not ..... A) Want to return home if they eat the flower. B) Enjoy too much and become sick from it. C) Die because of the poison in the flower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want to return home if they eat the flower. 27. Who was the god that created the storm at sea so that Odysseus couldn't get home? A) Aphrodite. B) Hera. C) Apollo. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 28. The Trojan war was fought between the Trojans and the ..... ? A) British. B) Romans. C) Americans. D) Greeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greeks. 29. Who is the god of the sea to whom dozens of bulls are sacrificed in Book 3? A) Poseidon. B) Zeus. C) Apollo. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 30. What is the significance of the word 'rhapsode'? A) It means stitching together. B) It means a sorceress. C) It means a man-eating giant. D) It means a long-lost king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It means stitching together. 31. The Greeks are responsible for inventing the Olympic games. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. What is the one-eyed son of Poseidon's name? A) Cyclops. B) Polyphemus. C) Polyfemurs. D) Sideclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyphemus. 33. The author's attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the characters; "You yellow dogs ..... " A) Allusion. B) Epithet. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 34. The Giant in the Cave A) Polyphemus. B) Scylla. C) Charybdis. D) Sirens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyphemus. 35. Daughters of Zeus; They inspired people to produce music, poetry, dance, and all the other arts. A) Calypso. B) Muse. C) Nymph. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muse. 36. What contrasts sharply with the suitors' careless plundering of Telemachus's home in Ithaca? A) Respect for the gods. B) Observance of divine law. C) Hospitality. D) Tact and discretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitality. 37. Who has been holding Odysseus captive on her island? A) Agamemnon. B) Calypso. C) Aphrodite. D) Medusa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 38. How many eyes did Polyphemus have? A) Six. B) Five. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 39. Who was the Prince of Troy who ran away with Helen A) Paris. B) Aeneas. C) Hector. D) Pandarus. E) Sarpedon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris. 40. After leaving the City of Cicones, a devastating storm hit Odysseus and his companions for how long? A) 9 days. B) 10 days. C) 12 days. D) 25 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9 days. 41. What specific story did Odysseus tell in book 9? A) The poking out of the eye of Polyphemus. B) His travel to meeting poseidon. C) His travel to the island of calypso. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poking out of the eye of Polyphemus. 42. Where is Poseidon in Book 1? A) Poseidon is with his son Polyphemus. B) Poseidon is with the Phaeacians. C) Poseidon is on Mount Olympus with the other gods. D) Poseidon is with the Ethiopians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon is with the Ethiopians. 43. Who did the men offend? A) Athena. B) Cyclops. C) Hades. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 44. In Part 2 Odysseus is disguised as what? A) A suitor. B) Eumaeus. C) The beggar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The beggar. 45. Odysseus is from: A) Ithaca. B) Athens. C) Scheria. D) Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ithaca. 46. What did Hermes give Odysseus to protect him from Circe? A) A light saber. B) A golden shield. C) An herb. D) Achilles' armor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An herb. 47. Which of the Olympian gods frees Odysseus from Calypso? A) Hermes. B) Zeus. C) Athena. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 48. Which event most directly contributes to the plot by setting the stage for the next part of Odysseus' journey? A) Poseidon whips up a giant wave. B) Ino helps Odysseus. C) Odysseus wonders if he can trust Ino. D) Odysseus catches hold of one plank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ino helps Odysseus. 49. What does the base word "realize" mean? A) Understand. B) Trick. C) Know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understand. 50. As Ulysses enters the home of the Phaeacians, Minerva "hid him in a thick cloud of darkness." What can be inferred about the Phaenicians from this detail? A) The Phaeacians follow the traditional code of Xenia. B) The Phaeacians are not trusting of strangers. C) Minerva trusts the Phaeacians. D) Ulysses has had conflict with the Phaeacians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Phaeacians are not trusting of strangers. 51. Which of the following is an example of an EPIC SIMILE? A) "as I sent them on toward Scylla, I/told them nothing". B) "all the sea was like a cauldron / seething over intense fire". C) "when she swallowed the sea water down / we saw the funnel". D) "our eyes / were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "all the sea was like a cauldron / seething over intense fire". 52. How does Eurycleia identify Odysseus? A) By his scar. B) By his hand. C) By his foot. D) By his face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By his scar. 53. Young female cattle A) Heifer. B) Wretched. C) Coax. D) Plight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heifer. 54. Odysseus said, "We cannot kill Polyphemus, because we need him to move the stone." He thought of a ..... to escape from the cave. A) Spell. B) Trick. C) Clever. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trick. 55. Odysseus is an epic A) Poem. B) Protagonist. C) Hero. D) Failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hero. 56. How does Poseidon know who blinded Polyphemus? A) Odysseus told Polyphemus his real name as he sailed away. B) Zeus is always watching and told Poseidon. C) The other Cyclops on the island recognized him by his ships. D) One of his men turned on him and told Poseidon in a prayer hoping to be spared . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus told Polyphemus his real name as he sailed away. 57. A person who eats the flesh of other human beings A) Appalled. B) Brazen. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannibal. 58. Goddess of crops; giver of grains and fruit A) Athena. B) Dionysus. C) Demeter. D) Hephaestus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demeter. 59. Scholars know exactly who Homer was, when he lived and when he wrote The Odyssey and The Illiad A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. A series of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. A) FROM. B) Epic. C) Narrative. D) Maelstrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. ← 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