This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 34 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Eurymachus offer to Odysseus in exchange for sparing their lives? A) Gold and bronze. B) Weapons and armor. C) Silver and jewels. D) Livestock and crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold and bronze. 2. What is the name of Odysseus son? A) Telemachus. B) Tiresias. C) Menelaus. D) Eurymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. 3. When does Penelope say that she will choose a suitor? A) When a Suitor kisses her. B) When she finishes knitting a burial shroud. C) When Telemachus marries someone. D) When Athena makes her choose one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she finishes knitting a burial shroud. 4. The watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds. A) Wretched. B) Whey. C) Indignant. D) Coax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whey. 5. Part B:What do these sentences reveal about Odysseus' attitude toward Ino? A) He is envious of her. B) He appreciates her. C) He dislikes her. D) He is wary of her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is wary of her. 6. What did Teiresias instruct Odysseus to do in order to have a happier time in his old age? A) Offer sacrifices to all the gods. B) All of the above. C) Sacrifice to Poseidon. D) Travel to a distant land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 7. Someone who is insidious is A) Enormous. B) Forceful. C) Sneaky. D) Passionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sneaky. 8. The god of the seas A) Helios. B) Athena. C) Poseidon. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 9. To regard or treat with contempt; scorn A) Guile. B) Prudent. C) Behold. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdain. 10. Who is this? I am the one that ate Odysseus' men, trapped them, and then became blind due to Odysseus' men forcing a stake in my eye. Odysseus is a ninny! A) Poseidon. B) Odysseus. C) King Alcinous. D) Polyphemus. E) Lotus-Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyphemus. 11. Which Greek goddess is the goddess of the hunt? A) Athena. B) Hera. C) Aphrodite. D) Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artemis. 12. Why would Odysseus be considered a dynamic character? A) He is nice. B) He is caring towards his men. C) Can can adapt (change). D) He has a cunning personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can can adapt (change). 13. When Penelope asks Odysseus in disguise to move the bed in their room, why does Odysseus say it cannot be moved? A) There is no bed. B) He is weak. C) Penelope sleeps on the floor. D) It was carved from a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was carved from a tree. 14. Adj. free from disturbance; calm. A) Tranquil. B) Indifferent. C) Ardor. D) Urged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tranquil. 15. What is one element of the Hero's journey? A) Must not have an ordeal. B) Must be at least 16 years old. C) Must be an orphan. D) Must have a call to adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have a call to adventure. 16. The ruler of the underworld is ..... A) Persephone. B) Zeus. C) Poseidon. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hades. 17. Which of these character traits does Penelope show? A) Weakness and longing. B) Stubbornness and fear. C) Cleverness and loyalty. D) Indecision and panic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleverness and loyalty. 18. Who begs Odysseus to bury him? A) Polyphemus. B) Laertes. C) Achilles. D) Elpenor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elpenor. 19. The god Hermes gives Odysseus ..... to protect him from changing into an animal A) A sword. B) A herb. C) A lion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A herb. 20. Goddess of artistic inspiration A) Brazen. B) Muse. C) Beseech. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muse. 21. The Cyclops was ..... as he ripped a tree from the ground. A) Benign. B) Adorn. C) Bliss. D) Prodigious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prodigious. 22. The person that wins Penelope's contest will get A) To marry her. B) Money. C) A new boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To marry her. 23. How is the topic of Justice developed in the final chapter of the Odyssey? A) Odysseus slays Penelope's suitors and restores order to his house. B) Odysseus reveals himself to his son Telemachus. C) Odysseus is able to pass the test of the bow. D) Odysseus convinces Penelope he has returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus slays Penelope's suitors and restores order to his house. 24. What did Odysseus do to all men who are trying to marry his wife? A) He asks them to leave. B) He gives them presents. C) He kills them all. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He kills them all. 25. How many years did Odysseus spend on the island of Ogygia? A) Seven. B) Five. C) Three. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven. 26. Who are the friendly group that offers Odysseus's men a sweet treat (flower). A) Lotus Eaters. B) Libertarians. C) The Dark Brotherhood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lotus Eaters. 27. The man showed his ..... for dogs as he rolled up a newspaper. A) Disdain. B) Guile. C) Prudent. D) Behold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disdain. 28. Why are the people feasting in Odysseus' palace? A) They want to be entertained by the servants. B) They want to meet Telemachus. C) They want to see the inside of the palace. D) They want to meet and marry Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They want to meet and marry Penelope. 29. Which word means to swing back and forth? A) Pleading. B) Brandish. C) Brute. D) Libation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brandish. 30. Took goods by force. Looted. A) Mammoth. B) Plundered. C) Dispatched. D) Squall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plundered. 31. What is the author's reasons for writing? A) Epithet. B) Characterization. C) Author's purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's purpose. 32. What type of tree does Odysseus make the bed of? A) Apple. B) Birch. C) Olive. D) Maple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olive. 33. Allies of the Trojans who are robbed and slain by Odysseus' crew A) Lotus Eaters. B) Cicones. C) Blue Walkers. D) Laestrygones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cicones. 34. Which event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus' entire crew is destroyed in a lightning storm at sea. Odysseus' desire to reach home motivates him to endure. He clings to the limb of a fig tree to avoid being swallowed by the sea and later drifts ashore. A) The encounter with the Sirens. B) The encounter with Scylla and Charybdis. C) The encounter with the Laestrygonians. D) The encounter with Zeus after Thrinacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The encounter with Zeus after Thrinacia. 35. What makes Odysseus so melancholy and weep at Alcinous' feast? A) He hears a song about the Trojan war. B) Alcinous makes him retell the his story. C) Nausicaa refuses his love and affection. D) Alcinous refuses to help him on his journey home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hears a song about the Trojan war. 36. The entire class was feeling very ..... when they found out that they had no homework for a month. A) Despair. B) Dread. C) Murmur. D) Jubilant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jubilant. 37. Which of these character traits does Penelope embody in the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part 2? A) Stubbornness and fear. B) Cleverness and loyalty. C) Indecision and panic. D) Weakness and longing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleverness and loyalty. 38. The old-fashioned expression "make ..... " means telling someone "Hurry! A) Suitor. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Devise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haste. 39. A synonym for a lot of or plenty. A) Baleful. B) Ample. C) Pensive. D) Averse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ample. 40. Diverse; Various A) Sage. B) Divers. C) Weird. D) Profusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divers. 41. Which of the following is watching over Odysseus and Telemachus? A) Poseidon. B) Aphrodite. C) Athena. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 42. In Scene 5, Eumaeus says, "Odysseus welcomed beggars and strangers from far and wide. Now I do my best to carry on his legacy of kindness." These lines reveal that Eumaeus ..... A) Admires Odysseus and wants to act as he did. B) Hopes to take Odysseus's throne. C) Thinks Odysseus is dead. D) Works for Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admires Odysseus and wants to act as he did. 43. What does Nausicaa instruct Ulysses to do? A) Go to her mother and lay his hands upon her knees. B) Go to her father and beg for a ship. C) Go back to Calypso's island. D) Catch one of her handmaids to sacrifice to the Gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go to her mother and lay his hands upon her knees. 44. When Odysseus strings the bow, we see that he is ..... A) Arrogant. B) Skilled. C) Jealous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skilled. 45. Where do the suitors go after Odysseus kills them A) Home. B) To bother another family. C) To the underworld. D) Nowhere, they stick around a while longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the underworld. 46. A very typical example of a kind of person or thing A) Archetype. B) Epic Plot. C) Allegory. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetype. 47. Why does Odysseus get angry at Penelope? A) Penelope asks a servant to move the bed and Odysseus believes this means a man destroyed what he built. B) Penelope accuses Odysseus of being unfaithful. C) Penelope mocks Odysseus for his lack of strength and skill. D) Penelope refuses to believe that Odysseus is her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penelope asks a servant to move the bed and Odysseus believes this means a man destroyed what he built. 48. Who is Poseidon/Neptune? A) The king of the Olympian gods. B) The messenger god. C) The god of war. D) The god of the sea, water, and earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The god of the sea, water, and earthquakes. 49. To see or observe A) Guile. B) Behold. C) Disdain. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behold. 50. True or False:Epic heroes come from noble birth. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 51. Sudden thought or idea to do something. A) FROM. B) Narrative. C) Whim. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whim. 52. Ever heard of the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place?" What difficult choice does Odysseus have to make in this chapter? A) Staying with Circe or returning to Ithaca. B) Putting wax in his ears or his mens. C) Sailing between Charybdis or Scylla. D) Sailing North or South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sailing between Charybdis or Scylla. 53. When Odysseus calls back to the Cyclops and reveals his real name, he displays ..... A) The epic hero trait of extreme confidence. B) The epic theme of a homecoming. C) The loyal servant archetype. D) An epic simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The epic hero trait of extreme confidence. 54. "A modest view of one's self" is the definition of ..... A) Humility. B) Pride. C) Arrogance. D) Vanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humility. 55. On page 10, Odysseus leaves home with a "heavy heart" . What does it mean to have a "heavy heart" ? A) To be excited. B) To be anxious. C) To be sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be sad. 56. Adj. awe-inspiring. A) Assauge. B) Indifferent. C) Immortal. D) Formidable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formidable. 57. The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus' journey home after the ..... War. A) Trojan. B) Achaean. C) Grecian. D) Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trojan. 58. How does Penelope react when Eurycleia tells her that Odysseus has returned? A) She rushes to meet him. B) She immediately breaks down into tears. C) She runs out of the house and hides herself in fear. D) She thinks it's a trick and refuses to believe it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She thinks it's a trick and refuses to believe it. 59. The sound of the crashing waves ..... through the cave, creating an eerie echo that filled the air. A) Vanished. B) Dissipated. C) Reverberated. D) Subsided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reverberated. 60. To leave something or someone A) Entrap. B) Abandon. C) React. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abandon. ← 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