This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a long narrative poem that that traces the adventures of a hero? A) Sonnet. B) Epic. C) Haiku. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 2. What are "extended comparisons that go on for several lines" ? A) Epithet. B) Rhapsode. C) Metaphor. D) Epic simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic simile. 3. Epic poems often begin with which of the following? A) Proclamation made by the hero. B) Epithets about supernatural beings. C) Invocation of the Muses or similar divinity. D) Ordeal, final struggle, or climax of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invocation of the Muses or similar divinity. 4. Why did Odysseus and his men have to stay away from Charybdis? A) It would pull them off course. B) It would swallow his men and they would all die. C) They would be stuck on an island forever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would swallow his men and they would all die. 5. Calm; pacify; please. A) Titanic. B) Bereft. C) Assuage. D) Plundered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assuage. 6. An epithet is a brief descriptive phrase that emphasizes an important characteristic of a person or thing. Which of the following is an example of an epithet? A) Odysseus is a brave warrior. B) The faithful Penelope. C) Snoopy is Charlie Brown's best friend. D) I once met a cat named Garfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The faithful Penelope. 7. Who tried to save his life by catching hold of Odysseus's knees? A) Medon. B) Euryclea. C) Telemachus. D) Phemius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phemius. 8. Who is the person that keeps Odysseus on his island for 7 years? A) Hera. B) Calypso. C) Aphrodite. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 9. "Odysseus! Come here! You are well-knownfrom many stories! Glory of the Greeks!"Who says these lines? A) Athena. B) The Sirens. C) Calypso. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sirens. 10. What is the birthplace of democracy? A) Troy. B) Sparta. C) Italy. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athens. 11. Mustered means ..... A) Gathered. B) Sails. C) Food. D) Fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gathered. 12. What is the reason why Odyssey was stranded away from his home after Trojan war? A) He did not come to T. Wayne's class. B) He made Athena jealous by loving Calypso. C) He angered god Poseidon by blinding his son Cyclops. D) He made Calypso jealous by loving Penelope. E) He angered god Cyclops by blinding his son Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He angered god Poseidon by blinding his son Cyclops. 13. Who ordered the suitors to allow Odysseus in disguise to use to bow? A) Hermes. B) Zeus. C) Penelope. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telemachus. 14. In which scene from the Odyssey does Odysseus most clearly demonstrate Arete through a display of quick wits and cunning? A) The encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus. B) The encounter with Circe. C) The encounter with Scylla and Charybdis. D) The encounter with Tiresias in the Land of the Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus. 15. Who is Odysseus' father? A) Zeus. B) Telemachus. C) Laertes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laertes. 16. Who is the wife of Odysseus? A) Penelope. B) Scylla. C) Mrs. Odysseus. D) Helenus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penelope. 17. Who lives there? Who strokes those fires? Odysseus wondered silently. Are they friendly or lawless men? What do these thoughts reveal about Odyssesus' journey? A) His journey was filled with unknown things. B) Odysseus is lonely on his journey. C) He did a bad job planning his journey. D) He has become afraid on his journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His journey was filled with unknown things. 18. The witch who gives Odysseus advice A) Circe. B) Athena. C) Sirens. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe. 19. How does Telemachus react when he finally meets his father, Odysseus? A) He is angry that his father abandoned him and his mother for two goddesses. B) He is prepared to join his father in murdering the suitors in their house. C) He runs off to tell Penelope she can quit moping; her husband is finally home. D) He insists Odysseus is not his real dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is prepared to join his father in murdering the suitors in their house. 20. Who is blamed by the suitors for not choosing a husband? A) Athena. B) Helen. C) Nausicaa. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 21. Slow and clumsy because of great weight A) Appalled. B) Ponderous. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ponderous. 22. Who helps Odysseus on his quest to reclaim Ithaca? A) Antinous. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 23. What happened to Odysseus' men when they drank Circe's magic potion? A) They turned into wolves. B) They turned into lions. C) They turned into pigs. D) They turned into birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They turned into pigs. 24. Why does Athena change Odysseus into a beggar? A) To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca. B) To punish him for angering Zeus. C) To prove to Odysseus that gods have powers. D) To shame and embarrass him in front of his people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca. 25. What Goddess held Odysseus captive A) Calypso. B) Deduction. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 26. How did Odysseus try to get out of going to the Trojan War? A) Pretended like he was moving out of town. B) Pretended he was crazy. C) Mysteriously disappeared. D) Faked a leg injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretended he was crazy. 27. Theme is the same thing as a big idea A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. In her ..... to catch the school bus, Liza forgot her lunch. A) Devise. B) Suitor. C) Diminish. D) Haste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haste. 29. Odysseus is saved from Poseidon's fury by a sea nymph, who loans him her ..... A) Veil. B) Crown. C) Ship. D) Necklace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veil. 30. What is Odysseus compared to when he wakes up by the river? A) Shipmens daughter. B) A goat. C) Mountain lion. D) An eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain lion. 31. What is Telemachus' first reaction to the suitors' behavior in his house? A) He welcomes them. B) He ignores them. C) He confronts them and orders them to leave. D) He joins them in their revelry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ignores them. 32. The life and death of Argos the dog in Book 17 shows the reader the theme of ..... A) Youth. B) Loyalty. C) Heroism. D) Monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loyalty. 33. What is missing from the following:Once the children are done playing. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Both subject and verb. D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. 34. The poem begins ..... and then later, the poem will go back and explain what happened in the beginning. A) Xenia. B) Arete. C) In media res. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In media res. 35. A storm might ..... your plans to lounge by the pool. A) Devise. B) Wrath. C) Haste. D) Thwart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thwart. 36. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:wide open, especially with surprise or wonder. A) Cavernous. B) Rheumy. C) Agape. D) Amphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agape. 37. What did Odysseus do to his men so that they couldn't hear the song of the sirens? A) Tied them down. B) Knocked them out. C) Covered their ears with beeswax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered their ears with beeswax. 38. Who is the faithful wife of Odysseus? A) I'm sorry. B) Penelope. C) Helen. D) Athena. E) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penelope. 39. What is the CAUSE in the following sentence? Athena felt bad for Odysseus, so she decided to help him A) Athena felt bad for Odysseus. B) So she decided to help him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena felt bad for Odysseus. 40. Penelope doesn't fully believe Odysseus is indeed who he claims until he provides her confidential information about what object? A) His scar. B) His shield. C) Their bed. D) Their gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their bed. 41. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus' journey back from which war? A) Spartan. B) Trojan. C) Iraqi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trojan. 42. What does Antiphates (a giant) do to Odysseus's scouts A) Crushes them. B) Eats them. C) Scares them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eats them. 43. How many men did Scylla eat? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 44. "Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor." A) Epic Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic Simile. 45. Who intercedes on behalf of Odysseus to bring him home? A) Athena/Minerva. B) Aphrodite/Venus. C) Zeus/Jupiter/Jove. D) Hermes/Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena/Minerva. 46. Who warns Odysseus about the dangers of the Sirens? A) Athena. B) Hermes. C) Calypso. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 47. Part B Which of the following phrases from the passage best illustrates the answer to Part A? A) In one motion strung the bow. B) So effortlessly. C) Like a musician, like a harper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a musician, like a harper. 48. Who is the villian in this monomyth? A) Odysseus. B) Athene. C) Poseidon. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 49. Who do the Packers need to beat to go to the Super Bowl? A) The Atlanta Falcons. B) The Chicago Bears. C) The Atlanta Braves. D) The New England Patriots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Atlanta Falcons. 50. Behave in a certain way A) React. B) Recoil. C) Recall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React. 51. Telemachus was quite sure his plan would be successful. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 52. An example of a Homeric simile is:*It was in the Background packet ..... A) "She is as thorny as a rose bush, consumed with her anger.". B) "And life is too much like a pathless wood/Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs". C) "She brushed it (an arrow) away from his skin as lightly as when a mother/Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.". D) '' From the earth thou springest/Like a cloud of fire". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "She brushed it (an arrow) away from his skin as lightly as when a mother/Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.". 53. How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens' song? A) He has his men bind him to the ship's mast. B) Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him. C) He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens' island. D) He isn't able to listen safely to their song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has his men bind him to the ship's mast. 54. Where is Telemachus's first stop? A) Piles. B) Taichung. C) Neleus. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neleus. 55. A short phrase used to describe a character or a place. A) Methaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 56. Showing good judgment and caution; sensible A) Behold. B) Disdain. C) Prudent. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prudent. 57. Odysseus would best be described a ..... A) King. B) God. C) Titan. D) Immortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King. 58. Why did the critic Robert Graves believe Homer to be a female storyteller? A) Female characters were immortals. B) Female characters had important roles. C) Female characters were victorious in the end. D) Female characters were the smartest of all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female characters had important roles. 59. Who is Helen of Sparta? A) The Wife of Menelaus who is abducted by Paris. B) The cunning wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. C) A wise and trusted counselor often used as a disguise by Athena. D) The most ill-behaved suitor of Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Wife of Menelaus who is abducted by Paris. 60. This character starts as an enemy but turns into an Ally A) Circe. B) Hermes. C) Polyphemus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe. ← 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