This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 32 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the setting of The Odyssey, the ..... was usually the protagonist A) Wise old man. B) Epic hero. C) Mythological creature. D) Damsel in distress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic hero. 2. Holly likes to shock people with carefully selected ..... from her personal life or her outspoken viewpoints on various topics. A) Snare. B) Beguile. C) Stealth. D) Tidbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tidbits. 3. Examine Dialogue and Inner Monolog:In the sixth and seventh paragraphs on page 110, what does Odysseus' dialogue and inner monolog reveal? A) He feels despair and fears his life and memory will be lost. B) He wishes he had stayed on Calypso's island. C) Odysseus is joyful to see his homeland. D) Odysseus has traveled without sleeping for 17 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He feels despair and fears his life and memory will be lost. 4. The enchanting melody seemed to ..... all who listened, casting a spell of fascination and wonder. A) Befuddle. B) Repel. C) Bewitch. D) Repulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bewitch. 5. What is an oral tradition? A) Information given to another person out loud. B) A story read aloud. C) Stories passed down by mouth without being written down. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stories passed down by mouth without being written down. 6. Which god is associated with the trident, headband, and sea creatures? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Hermes. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 7. Wife of Zeus, protectress of marriage, children, and the home A) Hera. B) Artemis. C) Hermes. D) Ares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hera. 8. What is the ultimate goal of Odysseus's journey? A) To defeat the Trojans. B) To return home to Ithaca. C) To find treasure. D) To become a god. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To return home to Ithaca. 9. Who betrayed Agamemnon and killed him upon his return home? A) His daughters. B) The Trojans. C) His wife, Clytemnestra. D) His brother, Menelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His wife, Clytemnestra. 10. What were the names of the monsters Odysseus encountered during his voyage? A) Cyclops, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. B) Circe, Cyclops, Poseidon, and Athena. C) Zeus, Sun Cattle, Poseidon, and Charybdis. D) The Sirens, Lotus-Eaters, Scylla, and Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclops, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. 11. A detached and rounded or much-worn mass of rock A) Boulder. B) Consider. C) Insult. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boulder. 12. Which suitor begs for Odysseus' mercy when he realizes who the beggar truly is? A) Amphinomous. B) Antinous. C) Telemachus. D) Eurymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eurymachus. 13. Who has an affair with Eurymachus? A) Helen. B) Melantho. C) Circe. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melantho. 14. Why did Odysseus leave Ithaca in the first place? A) To Explore. B) He Had no Home. C) To Fight in a War. D) To Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To Fight in a War. 15. True or false: "The Odyssey" is a sequel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. The Odyssey begins after ..... A) The Trojan War. B) The Battle of Gettysburg. C) The fall of Rome. D) The Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Trojan War. 17. Based on your reading of the Epic Poem, does Odysseus choose to learn the lesson offered by Tiresias? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 18. Athena is one alter ego of Odysseus. Who is another god that interacts with him? A) Homer. B) Achilles. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 19. How did Athena help Odysseus recognize he was in Ithaca? A) She told him about the suitors in his palace. B) She transformed Odysseus into an old beggar. C) She disguised herself as a young shepherd. D) She removed the mist covering the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She removed the mist covering the island. 20. The emotional effect a tragic drama has on its audience-basically a feeling of relief for the audience A) Catharsis. B) Spinach pie. C) Hubris. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catharsis. 21. For the excerpt "He lay on a mass of dung before the gates-manure of mules and cows, piled there until field hands could spread it in the king's estate ..... But when he knew he heard Odysseus's voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail ..... ", identify the character being described. A) Athena. B) Telemachus. C) Argos. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argos. 22. Who tells Odysseus he's on Circe's island? A) Hermes. B) Eurylochus. C) Athena. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 23. A brand is ..... A) Food. B) A fight. C) Burning stick. D) Sails. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning stick. 24. Which god does not help Odysseus during his journey? A) Hermes. B) Zeus. C) Poseidon. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 25. Something or someone that drives you completely crazy. A) Pang. B) Bane. C) Nape. D) Sojourn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bane. 26. What is Odysseus's Trojan War-winning strategy? A) Tactical defense. B) Wooden Horse Trick. C) Guerrilla warfare. D) Olympian Trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wooden Horse Trick. 27. An epic hero represents the ..... of their society or culture. A) Weaknesses. B) Ideals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideals. 28. Who came up with the plan to send in the trojan horse? A) Menelaus. B) Homer. C) Paris. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus. 29. An epic is a narrative ..... that tells a story in verse and is usually taken from history or legend. A) Hyperbole. B) Play. C) Story. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poem. 30. The Greeks were victorious in the Trojan war because of the plan to build the Trojan Horse. Who came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse? A) Odysseus. B) Achilles. C) Athena. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. 31. What is so special about the Brass Island? A) It's in the middle of the ocean. B) It suspends above the water. C) It looks like a bucket. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Which was not a purpose of Greek Mythology in Greek society? A) To warn of danger from enemies. B) To explain things that happened in nature. C) To teach values. D) To entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To warn of danger from enemies. 33. How did Athena change Odysseus's appearance again? A) She made him look like a giant. B) She changed him back to his normal self. C) She changed him by making him look more like a god. D) She made him look like a soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She changed him back to his normal self. 34. Which character give Odysseus the MOST aid in Book V. Think carefully ..... A) Athena. B) Hermes. C) Calypso. D) Ino. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 35. How does Penelope react to her son telling her to let him handle the suitors? A) She agrees to let him handle things. B) She acts very confused about his actions. C) She becomes very angry. D) She laughs at his confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She agrees to let him handle things. 36. Set of plans and skills to gain success A) Strategy. B) Strategic. C) Skeptical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strategy. 37. Why did the Greeks use The Illiad and The Odyssey in their schools? A) To teach English. B) To teach virtues. C) To teach manners. D) To teach history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To teach virtues. 38. What prophet does Odysseus meet in the underworld A) Tiresias. B) Charibdis. C) Agamemnon. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiresias. 39. Epics have which of the following criteria? A) It is a narrative poem on a serious subject. B) Told in a formal and elevated style. C) Centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure and The fate of a tribe, nation, or the human race depend on the actions of this hero. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he drags his crew back to the ship and away from the Lotus Eaters? A) Noble Birth. B) Loyalty. C) Divine Assistance. D) Tragic Flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loyalty. 41. Who was warming the bow by the fire, but still could not string it? A) Melanthius. B) Leiodes. C) Eurymachus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eurymachus. 42. What did Odysseus ask Euryclea to bring for cleaning the hall? A) Vinegar. B) Water. C) Soap. D) Sulfur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulfur. 43. What happens to Odysseys more than once? A) He gets married. B) He is taken prisoner by Cyclops. C) He is shipwrecked. D) He is attacked by Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is shipwrecked. 44. Where did Odysseus go first after he left the city of Troy? A) City of Sparta. B) Ithaca. C) City of Cicones. D) An unknown island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) City of Cicones. 45. Who does Odysseus call on to help him to draw his first arrow in book 22? A) Telemachus. B) Athena. C) Apollo. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apollo. 46. The Cicones decided to do what while Odysseus's sailors slept on the beach? A) Looked for the items the sailor's stole from them. B) Took all of their ships. C) Looked for revenge. D) Woke them up and demanded an apology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looked for revenge. 47. In a hateful way; horribly A) Abominably. B) Revelry. C) Beguiling. D) Foreboding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abominably. 48. The ..... are highly efficient for trapping snakes. A) Stealthy. B) Tidbits. C) Snares. D) Vile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snares. 49. Who is Eurycleia? A) A suitor. B) An individual mentioned as part of the Trojan War. C) A nymph. D) A maidservant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A maidservant. 50. Why did Odysseus' wife, Penelope, weave a burial shroud and then unravel it every night? A) Because Odysseus was away, other men wanted to marry her. She said she would choose one when the shroud was finished. B) She was given instructions by Athena to make a burial shroud for Odysseus for his death, but Penelope didn't want him to die. C) She was never pleased with her work on the shroud, so she kept unravelling it at night to start over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Odysseus was away, other men wanted to marry her. She said she would choose one when the shroud was finished. 51. Why did people of Homer's time like to hear Epic Poems recited? A) They loved their war filled lives. B) They were bored with their daily lives. C) They needed a way to hear their historical facts. D) They were afraid to disobey the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were bored with their daily lives. 52. In which land does Odysseus wash up after his raft is destroyed? A) Land of the Cyclops. B) Land of the Phaeacians. C) Land of the Lotus-Eaters. D) Land of Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land of the Phaeacians. 53. What does Odysseus do to all of the suitors? A) Lets them leave. B) Kills them. C) Locks them in the dungeon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kills them. 54. Whom does Zeus send to ask for Odysseus' release? A) Athena. B) Hermes. C) Helios. D) He goes himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 55. A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. A) Nymph. B) Indignant. C) Vengeance. D) Barren. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nymph. 56. Why does Odysseus bring only 50 men onto the island? A) They were his best men. B) The others were jealous angry. C) He didn't want to endanger all of his men. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He didn't want to endanger all of his men. 57. In the cave of the Cyclops, what did Odysseus first tell the Cyclops his name was? A) He disguised himself as a beggar. B) Laertes. C) NoBody Or NoMan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NoBody Or NoMan. 58. Which of the following is not a theme in part II of the Odyssey? A) Love. B) Piety. C) Revenge. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 59. It was hard to hear Mara's answer because she would only ..... it. A) Murmur. B) Heave. C) Abandon. D) Overshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Murmur. 60. Large Supply; Abundance A) Divers. B) Quiver. C) Weird. D) Profusion. 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