This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 30 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many ships did he have? A) 9. B) 11. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 2. N. a royal domain; kingdom. A) Assauge. B) Ardor. C) Urged. D) Realm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realm. 3. How does Odysseus prove himself to his wife? A) Presents a scar. B) Knowns how their bed was made. C) Knows the location of their treasure. D) Tells her middle name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowns how their bed was made. 4. What does it mean "to long for" something? A) To think about occasionally. B) To have a strong desire or yearning for something. C) To plan for the future. D) To remember fondly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have a strong desire or yearning for something. 5. Also known as the Hero's Journey A) Homeric simile. B) Monomyth. C) Epic theme. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monomyth. 6. All of the following are themes of the Odyssey except ..... A) Loyalty to family and friends. B) The relationship between humans and gods. C) Overcoming obstacles. D) Cost of ambition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cost of ambition. 7. What civilization become dominant after the fall of the Minoans? A) The Persians. B) The Turks. C) The Romans. D) The Mycenaeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mycenaeans. 8. What do the suitors offer to Odysseus to try to appease him? A) Gold. B) Oxen. C) Sheep. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. In what form were epics like The Odyssey originally recited? A) Written manuscripts. B) Sculptures. C) Oral tradition. D) Paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oral tradition. 10. What "test" does Penelope use on Odysseus to prove his identity? A) She mentions moving his bed to another part of the palace. B) She asks him what the dog's name is. C) She tells him that the Pig-Man is dead. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She mentions moving his bed to another part of the palace. 11. What is the goal of Telemachus' journey? A) To reach the temple of Athena. B) To slay the sea monster, Scylla. C) To find out what happened to his father. D) To find an item that would help rid him of the suitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To find out what happened to his father. 12. What goddess helps Odysseus in his journey? A) Hera. B) Artemis. C) Aphrodite. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 13. How long does Odysseus spend on Calypso's island? A) Seven years. B) Twenty years. C) Ten years. D) One year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven years. 14. What is the name of the queen of Phaeacia? A) Arete. B) Minerva. C) Artemis. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arete. 15. At the beginning of the epic, who does the poet directly address? A) The poet prays to the muse Calliope. B) The poet prays to Zeus. C) The poet prays to Athena. D) The poet prays to Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poet prays to the muse Calliope. 16. Who survives the attack of Antiphates and his giant men? A) Nobody. B) Odysseus's men. C) Odysseus and his ship. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus and his ship. 17. How long did it take Odysseus to get home? A) 20 Years. B) 2 Days. C) 10 Years. D) 3 Years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 Years. 18. Who owns the island with the beautiful cattle? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Helios. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helios. 19. True or False:The Lotus Eaters mean no harm to Odysseus' men. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus's journey? A) As Antinous. B) As Mephistopheles. C) As Mentor. D) As a beggar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As Mentor. 21. Aphrodite is the goddess of A) Love. B) Birds. C) Childbirth. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 22. Why is Telemachus nervous about talking to Nestor? A) He isnt very good at speeches. B) Athena warned him. C) He cant fight very well. D) Nestor can read minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He isnt very good at speeches. 23. Athena is the goddess of A) Agriculture. B) Wisdom. C) Sparta. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom. 24. How do the men escape? A) They sneak out at night, while he sleeps. B) They hide under his flock as they go out in the morning. C) They work together to move the slab. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hide under his flock as they go out in the morning. 25. Request earnestly; ask for aide or protection A) Exacerbate. B) Invoke. C) Odyssey. D) Coherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invoke. 26. Penelope's response to Odysseus after she realizes that it is really him shows that she was mainly afraid A) Of Poseidon's continuing rage against Odysseus. B) Of the vengeance the suitor's families will seek against her husband and son. C) That Odysseus would be angry with her for not recognizing him immediately. D) Of being deceived and accidentally betraying her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Odysseus would be angry with her for not recognizing him immediately. 27. (adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree A) Stronghold. B) Prodigious. C) Ponderous. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prodigious. 28. Which one shows that Odysseys has a weakness that many bring trouble? A) Do you like mic and cheese. B) "his fat, stiff-legged sheep ". C) He had a load of dry boughs on his shoulder. D) "no pretty sight, it turned out". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "no pretty sight, it turned out". 29. What promise did Odysseus make to his men who survived the Trojan war? A) He will pay them with riches. B) He will get them back to Ithaca safe and sound. C) He will make sure that their wives get new husbands if they die. D) He will return them to the island of the Lotus-Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will get them back to Ithaca safe and sound. 30. Event/scene taking place before the present time; Back to the Future A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 31. Odysseus leaves Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. What goddess is the protector of the main character A) Hera. B) Calypso. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 33. When Odysseus was on Calypso's island, he proves his faithfulness to Penelope by A) Praying to Penelope. B) Turning down the chance to stay with Calypso. C) Staying with Calypso. D) Telling stories about Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turning down the chance to stay with Calypso. 34. How long did Odysseus and his men stay at Aeolus' island? A) One day. B) One year. C) One hour. D) One month. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One month. 35. What civilization was responsible for producing elegant stone palaces and fine carvings and metalwork? A) The British. B) The Minoans. C) The Turks. D) The Asians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Minoans. 36. What is Odysseus' special talent? A) He is strong. B) He is unfaithful. C) He is evil. D) He is smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is smart. 37. Who gives Odysseus a bag of wind? A) Hyperion. B) Aeolus. C) Athene. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aeolus. 38. Adventures of Odysseus is an example of what fantasy genre? A) Epic tales. B) Nonfiction. C) Memoirs. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic tales. 39. Odysseus tells his wife Penelope to do what when he leaves A) Let Telemachus rule the kingdom. B) To find a new husband to rule the kigdom. C) To rule the kingdom herself until he returns. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To rule the kingdom herself until he returns. 40. Who are the uncivilized group of people who live in caves? A) Lotus Eaters. B) Cyclopses. C) Laestrygones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyclopses. 41. Strategies an authors uses to compose a story A) Context. B) Narrative Techniques. C) Genre. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative Techniques. 42. Odysseus wanted to ..... King Alcinous and the brave men of Scheria. A) Nymph. B) Constellations. C) Poseidon. D) Commemorate. E) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commemorate. 43. The tumor was ..... and was easily removed. A) Benign. B) Bliss. C) Prodigious. D) Adorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benign. 44. Which of the following is not an antagonist from Part II of the Odyssey A) Hermes. B) Circe. C) Zeus. D) Helios. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 45. Entertained or amused A) Succumb. B) Abominably. C) Regaled. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regaled. 46. Which god does not like Odysseus? A) Apollo. B) Poseidon. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 47. What did Penelope do after Telemachus asserted his authority over the bow? A) Went within the house and busied herself with her daily duties. B) Went for a walk. C) Challenged Telemachus to a contest. D) Left the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went within the house and busied herself with her daily duties. 48. In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly describe in these words to Alcinous? "Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war:this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim." A) Admiration for modesty. B) Admiration for peacemaking. C) Admiration for sincerity. D) Admiration for cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admiration for cunning. 49. Who is the Queen of Troy? A) Cassandra. B) Hecuba. C) Andromache. D) Clytemnestra. E) Iphigenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecuba. 50. In the myth, what starts the Trojan War? A) Troy attacks Sparta. B) Zeus and Hades fighting. C) Control of the waterways. D) A golden apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A golden apple. 51. If something is unexceptional, they are also this. A) Special. B) Real. C) Run-of-the-mill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-of-the-mill. 52. Which deity helps Odysseus in his battle against the suitors? A) Penelope. B) Eurymachus. C) Eureka. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 53. Aeolus was the king of what? A) Sun. B) Wind. C) War. D) Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 54. Impossible to soothe; unforgiving A) Implacable. B) Tremulous. C) Contemptible. D) Appalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implacable. 55. Odysseus' wife has been A) Waiting for 20 years. B) Raising their son. C) Fighting off suitors. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 56. When Odysseus went to the Land of the Dead, what part of the hero journey is that? A) 6-crisis. B) 4-trials. C) 5-approach. D) 7-treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6-crisis. 57. The epithet "god of the earthquakes" describes A) Odysseus. B) Helen of Troy. C) Athena. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 58. Why does Homer use the simile with the blacksmith in the eye-gouging scene? A) To add to the imagery. B) To give his listeners a frame of reference. C) For poetic effect. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Which god greeted Odyssues as he returned to Ithica after 20 years? A) Apollo. B) Athena. C) Hades. D) Kronos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 60. What is a tragic flaw? A) A bad event in a story. B) A bad thing that happens to a character. C) A trait a character has that causes them to have a hard time. D) None of above. 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