This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the main character's mother? A) Penelope. B) Euryclea. C) Anticlea. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anticlea. 2. " ..... he (Polyphemus) seemed rather a shaggy mountain" (906). A) Simile. B) Epithet. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. What is the role of mnemonic devices in the recitation of the 'Odyssey'? A) They help in taking back the throne. B) They help the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative. C) They create close encounters with man-eating giants. D) They turn men into pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative. 4. To form a mental picture of someone or something. A) Television. B) Picture. C) Visualize. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visualize. 5. Athena disguises Odysseus as a ..... when he returns home to Ithaca. A) Sailor. B) Soldier. C) Beggar. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beggar. 6. What is another term to describe a Greek? A) Achilles. B) Achaean. C) Archimedes. D) Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achaean. 7. Why didn't the cyclops feel threatened by Odysseus and his men?Choose the best answer. A) They had no weapons. B) They were much too small. C) Even if they killed him, they would be stuck in the cave. D) He could just crush them if they tried . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Even if they killed him, they would be stuck in the cave. 8. What is missing from the following:After reading the entire book. 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: A) Subject. 9. How does Odysseus prevent himself from being lured by the Sirens' song in Book 12? A) He shouts to block their song. B) He puts beeswax in his ears. C) He has his men tie him to the mast. D) He asks Circe for a potion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has his men tie him to the mast. 10. The god of the seas-earth shaker A) Poseidon. B) Zeus. C) Polyphemus. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 11. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he shoots his arrow through 12 axeheads? A) Superhuman Capabilities. B) Courage. C) Divine Assistance. D) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superhuman Capabilities. 12. The officer dispatched his report at the end of the work day. Which explanation BEST describes the word "dispatched" in the sentence above? A) The officer used military procedures to write his report at the end of the day. B) The officer finished his report quickly so he could leave work on time. C) The officer ignored the report so he could leave work early. D) The officer wrote in his report that he took the suspect by force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The officer finished his report quickly so he could leave work on time. 13. Read these sentences from Tales From the Odyssey. Who lives there? Who stokes those fires? Odysseus wondered silently. Are they friendly or lawless men? What do Odysseus' thoughts reveal about his journey?A.The journey is poorly planned.B.The journey is full of unknowns.C.The journey makes Odysseus lonely.D.The journey will result in new friends. A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. Suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way A) Squall. B) Profusion. C) Perish. D) Haunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perish. 15. When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose came in the east, I called my men together and made a speech to them. How does Homer use personification to describe the Dawn? A) He says "young Dawn" to show the beginning of the day and "fingertips of rose" to show colorful rays brightening the horizon. B) He describes the men as "my men" showing he is in charge. C) He said the sun rose in the east, which is true because the sun rises in the east. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says "young Dawn" to show the beginning of the day and "fingertips of rose" to show colorful rays brightening the horizon. 16. The purpose of the Greek Chorus is to ..... A) Describe the sets and the stage lighting. B) Give the audience additional information about the story and comment on the characters and their actions. C) Give advice to the characters. D) Criticize the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Give the audience additional information about the story and comment on the characters and their actions. 17. "Athena lavished a marvelous splendor on (him) so the people all gazed in wonder as he came forward." A) Eumaeus. B) Antinous. C) Alcinous. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telemachus. 18. An epic is a long narrative poem that relates important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Who does Odysseus shoot first? A) Antinous. B) Polyphemus. C) Eurymachus. D) Eumaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antinous. 20. How is a myth different from a legend? A) Legends are not based in historical events, but myths are. B) Myths are fiction while legends are historical, just exaggerated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths are fiction while legends are historical, just exaggerated. 21. Hospitality given to earn the gods' approval and/or earn their help in the future A) Xenia. B) Philoxenia. C) Invocation. D) Biblical Hospitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenia. 22. Causing little or no harm A) Bliss. B) Prodigious. C) Adorn. D) Benign. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benign. 23. She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by. A) Scylla. B) Penelope. C) Cyclops. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scylla. 24. Chronologically, which event happens LAST A) Odysseus faces many hardships on the way home. B) At last, Odysseus is reunited with this family. C) Odysseus leaves to fight in the Trojan War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At last, Odysseus is reunited with this family. 25. Who does Athena tell telemachus to meet in order to find out whether his father is still alive? A) Nestor and Odysseus. B) Nestor and Helen. C) Pylos and Nestor. D) Agamemnon and Pylos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestor and Helen. 26. What's the Odyssey's main plot? A) A king ruling over an island. B) A hero fighting monsters. C) A hero journey's back home. D) Zeus and his intervention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hero journey's back home. 27. Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops? A) He felt like it. B) Odysseus is just that mean. C) The Cyclops won't see them escape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cyclops won't see them escape. 28. How would you describe the Laestrygonians? A) They were tan and covered with juices from the lotus fruit. B) They were cannibalistic giants. C) They all had one giant eye. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were cannibalistic giants. 29. In what disguise was Odysseus dressed as when he used the bow and arrow? A) The beggar. B) A servant. C) A slave. D) A king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beggar. 30. What does Penelope ultimately decide about marrying a suitor? A) She will. B) She won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She will. 31. Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature? A) She doesn't recognize him. B) The sound of his voice. C) A scar on his leg. D) His "noble bearing". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A scar on his leg. 32. Type of Sailboat A) Ravage. B) Smithy. C) Lugger. D) Divers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lugger. 33. What lessons can be learned from the defeat of Odysseus and his men on Ismarus A) Don't be greedy. Take what you need and leave. B) Take a bath for you won't be smelly. C) Get glasses for you can see. D) Ask for help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't be greedy. Take what you need and leave. 34. The ship was named Titanic because it was A) Violent. B) Powerful. C) Fancy. D) Gigantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powerful. 35. The Odyssey lasted ..... years. A) 12. B) 10. C) 7. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 36. In Penelope's archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow? A) Eight. B) Twelve. C) Fifteen. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twelve. 37. What is Penelope explaining to Odysseus when she says, "I armed myself long ago against the frauds of men, impostors who might come-and all those many whose underhanded ways bring evil on!" A) Why she remained faithful to him. B) Why she let the suitors into her home. C) Why she felt the need to test him. D) Why she chose to let him sleep alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why she felt the need to test him. 38. The graphic novel focuses on this part of the story. A) The Land of the Dead. B) The Return of Odysseus. C) The Death of the Suitors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Land of the Dead. 39. Which one of Odysseus' men died by falling off a roof and breaking his neck? A) Antiphates. B) Acheron. C) Telemachus. D) Elpenor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elpenor. 40. Who is the "face that launched a thousand ships" ? A) Eris. B) Helen. C) Hera. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helen. 41. Hera, the Greek goddess, holds a staff with a ..... at the end. A) Xenia. B) The gold. C) Pleading. D) Lotus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotus. 42. This is the son of Odysseus A) Telemachus. B) Poseidon. C) Zeus. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. 43. "That fine loyal man ..... had cared the most for his master's worldly goods." A) Melanthius. B) Eumaeus. C) Antinous. D) Elpenor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eumaeus. 44. What kept the sailors safe from the sea sirens? A) They took magical herbs. B) Beeswax. C) They slept through journey. D) They tied themselves up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beeswax. 45. After Odysseus's men drink Circe's potion, they turn into: A) Pigs. B) Lions. C) Wolves. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pigs. 46. Which god gave Odysseus a charm to protect him from Circe's spell? A) Poseidon. B) Zeus. C) Helios. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hermes. 47. To calm or pacify A) Ardor. B) Bereft. C) Assuage. D) Plunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assuage. 48. What is the primary model for the epic of war? A) The Iliad. B) The Divine Comedy. C) The Aeneid. D) The Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Iliad. 49. What's the Cyclops' name in the Odyssey? A) Polyphemus. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyphemus. 50. Whose idea was it to create the Trojan Horse? A) Helen. B) Prince Paris. C) Odysseus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus. 51. How does Odysseus protect himself and his crew from the Sirens' songs? A) He plugs his crew's ears with wax and has himself tied to the mast. B) He wears a magical amulet that blocks out the sound of the Sirens' songs. C) He uses a powerful spell to counteract the effects of the Sirens' songs. D) He distracts his crew with a different melody to prevent them from hearing the Sirens' songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He plugs his crew's ears with wax and has himself tied to the mast. 52. What is the following simile comparing Odysseus to? "But the man skilled in all ways of contending, satisfied by the great bow's look and heft, like a musician, like a harper ..... Odysseus in one motion strung the bow." A) A bow string to sweet music. B) Odysseus to a musician. C) Odysseus to an archer. D) A musician to a harper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus to a musician. 53. The home of the gods A) Laestrygonians. B) Arete. C) Mt. Olympus. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mt. Olympus. 54. How does Odysseus realize Circe has magical powers? A) She turns him into a statue. B) She has snakes in her hair. C) She turns men into animals. D) She sings a magic song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She turns men into animals. 55. Penelope holds off over 100 suitors by claiming she will marry one of them after ..... A) She finishes knitting a shroud. B) She finishes mourning her husband. C) She finishes carving a statue. D) She has determined which will be the best King. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She finishes knitting a shroud. 56. How did Odysseus' men disobey him in "Ghosts and Monsters" ? A) They refused to go to the land of the dead with him. B) They leaned the boat towards Charybdis. C) They ate the sun god's cattle. D) They sold him out to Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They ate the sun god's cattle. 57. "The rock is sheer, as if it had been polished.Right in the middle lies a murky cavethat faces west, towards dark Erebus."Who lives here? A) Polyphemus. B) Scylla. C) The Sirens. D) Charybdis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scylla. 58. Messenger of the gods A) Zeus. B) Athena. C) Antiphates. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hermes. 59. Who is the faithful swineherd? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Eumaeus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eumaeus. 60. Xenia represents ..... in Greek culture. A) Loyalty. B) Hospitality. C) War. D) Friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hospitality. ← 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