This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 36 (57 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which heroic traits does Telemachus show when he goes to find news of his father? A) Noble Birth & Tragic Flaw. B) Courage & Tragic Flaw. C) Superhuman Capabilities & Loyalty. D) Divine Assistance & Courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divine Assistance & Courage. 2. Antinous' treatment of the beggar reveals that he is all the following EXCEPT A) Rude. B) Confident. C) Sympathetic. D) Cruel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic. 3. To take control of by force A) Commandeer. B) Assuage. C) Implacable. D) Abominably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commandeer. 4. For the excerpt "Odysseus, brooding over the shameless behavior of the maidservant and suitors, longs to destroy his enemies but fears the revenge of his friends. Athena reassures him. Odysseus is told that the suitors will die.", identify the literary device used. A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Homeric Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 5. An epic hero often encounters ..... during his quest. A) Modern technology. B) Domestic animals. C) Ordinary people. D) Supernatural beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supernatural beings. 6. How does Odysseus change or grow throughout the course of the story? A) He is first very weak but learns to be a strong leader. B) He is first doubtful of his abilities but later gains confidence in himself. C) He is first prideful but learns humility from his struggles. D) He is first very humble but becomes overly prideful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is first prideful but learns humility from his struggles. 7. At the beginning of the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, what challenge do the warriors face?A.intense hungerB.a powerful stormC.extreme tirednessD.another enemy attack A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 8. In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy? A) He is courageous. B) He is an effective leader. C) He is clever. D) He is trained for battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is clever. 9. Outside the gates of the palace is: A) A darkened forest made up of impressive fir trees. B) A splendid orchard of various abundant fruit. C) A wide moat filled with rare sea creatures. D) A finely-crafted stable containing magnificent horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A splendid orchard of various abundant fruit. 10. Who does Odysseus visit first when he returns to Ithaca? A) Eumaeus. B) Penelope. C) Telemachus. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eumaeus. 11. To think up, plan, or invent. A) Devise. B) Suitor. C) Haste. D) Diminish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devise. 12. The bitter widow would often break into ..... , expressing her sorrow and grief for the loss of her beloved husband. A) Rejoicing. B) Lamentation. C) Euphoria. D) Celebration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamentation. 13. While Odysseus was away, there were many men who tried to marry ..... A) His daughter. B) Penelope. C) Athena. D) His nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penelope. 14. His music is a ..... brew of heavy metal and punk. A) Bleat. B) Gouge. C) Heady. D) Enthralled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heady. 15. Poseidon was the ruler of A) The underworld. B) The heavens. C) The oceans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The oceans. 16. Which of event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus' crew give into temptation. After coming so close to home, Odysseus and his crew are thrown back to where they came from. Odysseus feels as if he has failed as a leader and questions his purpose in life. A) The encounter with Aeolus' bag. B) The encounter with the Cicones. C) The encounter with the Lotus Eaters. D) The encounter with the Sun god's cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The encounter with Aeolus' bag. 17. Who orders a ship to be made ready for Odysseus? A) King Alcinous. B) Laodamas. C) Seareach. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alcinous. 18. Who is Poseidon? A) God of money. B) God of war. C) God of the sea. D) God of the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God of the sea. 19. What final test must Odysseus pass in order to prove to Penelope that he has truly returned? A) He must complete the test of the bow for her to see. B) He must know the secret of their bed. C) Argos the dog must recognize him. D) He must explain how he got his scar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He must know the secret of their bed. 20. The root word, graph, refers to A) To jump. B) A math problem. C) To engage. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To write. 21. Which is not a conflict from Part II of the Odyssey? A) Character vs technology. B) Character vs fate. C) Character vs supernatural. D) Character vs society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs technology. 22. What does Circe warn will be the death of Odysseus crew? A) Be tied to the mast, hands and feet, pulled tighter each time he begs to go to the island. B) Better to lose 6 men than everyone and the ship. C) A female monster with 6 heads and 12 legs; lives in a cave halfway up a steep cliff. D) If they take Helios' cattle, he will desire revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If they take Helios' cattle, he will desire revenge. 23. Which archetype would Odysseus be considered? A) Hero. B) Shadow. C) Brotha' from anotha' motha'. D) Mentor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hero. 24. When Odysseus lands in Phaeacia, where is Telmachus? A) Sparta. B) Health. C) Troy. D) Land of the Lotus Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sparta. 25. Odysseus has a son named A) Telemetheon. B) Telemarcus. C) Andromeda. D) Persephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telemarcus. 26. Who is the "most beautiful woman in the world" in the Odyssey? A) Paris. B) Helen. C) Troy. D) Menelaus tags9-10.RL.2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helen. 27. What was the name of the Cyclops that imprison Odysseus and his men? A) Circe. B) Polymetheus. C) Poseidon. D) Aeolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polymetheus. 28. Who was keeping Odysseus captive on her island because she wanted to marry him? A) Helen. B) Circe. C) Calypso. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. 29. Why does Hermes give Odysseus moly? A) To make him stronger and able to fight Circe. B) To lure Circe away from his men. C) To protect him from Circe's evil magic. D) To deaden his emotions against her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect him from Circe's evil magic. 30. Who is waiting on Odysseus back home? A) His mother and father. B) His wife Penelope and his son. C) His favorite pet cat. D) His sister and daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His wife Penelope and his son. 31. How does Telemachus recognize his father? A) The swineherd tells Telemachus that the old man is his father. B) Odysseus tells him his story and Telemachus believes him. C) Athena reveals Odysseus to Telemachus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena reveals Odysseus to Telemachus. 32. What did the Sirens do to sailors who listened to their songs? A) Ate them alive. B) Married them and lived with them. C) Nothing, they let them go after a while. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate them alive. 33. Who was the leader of the fight on the suitors' side? A) Eurynomus. B) Let's take it down. C) Ageless. D) Amphime-don. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ageless. 34. How does Odysseus show a lack of faith in his men, once he receives Aeolus' gift? A) He actually did have faith in them and put his life in their hands many times. B) He called them all cowards and thought they were weak. C) He wouldn't go to sleep or let any one but him sail the boat home. D) He wouldn't let them talk with Aeolus or form a friendship with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He called them all cowards and thought they were weak. 35. Who is the leader of Penelope's suitors? A) Antinous. B) Eurymachus. C) Odysseus. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antinous. 36. The Titanic was the largest ship anyone had seen and was truly a sight to ..... A) Disdain. B) Prudent. C) Behold. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behold. 37. For Odysseus's hero journey, what god/goddess assisted him? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) Hera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 38. Who is the young man that died? A) Odysseus. B) Eurylochus. C) Elpenor. D) Elemius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elpenor. 39. Which of these do myths/mythology NOT deal with? A) Gods and Goddesses. B) Monsters. C) Supernatural Stuff. D) Superheroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superheroes. 40. What made ancient Greece a polytheistic society? A) The fact that they worshipped multiple gods. B) The fact that they didn't write things down and passed information down orally. C) The fact that they focused on philopshy and art. D) Pantheon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that they worshipped multiple gods. 41. Who overhears the suitors' plans to ambush Telemachus in Book 4? A) Menelaus. B) Proteus. C) Pisistratus. D) Medon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medon. 42. Why did the Ancient Greeks create a pantheon of gods? A) To help explain the world around them, like why natural disasters happened or why the seasons occurred. B) To teach them how to be good people. C) To scare their kids into going to bed on time. D) To explain why they lived on an island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help explain the world around them, like why natural disasters happened or why the seasons occurred. 43. At the end of The Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus are given retribution, or payback, against which group for their transgressions (dishonorable acts)? A) Cyclopses. B) Suitors. C) The gods. D) Acheans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suitors. 44. This crew memeber was suspicious of the witch and left before she could turn him into a pig A) Aeolus. B) Citizens. C) Tiresias. D) Eurylochus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eurylochus. 45. Which word means to behave in a certain way because of what someone has done or said to you? A) React. B) Finally. C) Abandon. D) Collapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React. 46. What role BEST FITS Athena in The Odyssey? A) The call. B) The hero. C) The Temtress. D) The mentor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mentor. 47. Why did Odysseus leave his family? A) He was asked to by the gods. B) He was fighting in war. C) He wanted to see the world, and they did not want to come. D) He wanted a new family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was fighting in war. 48. We have met the mentor archetype. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Which goddess wants Odysseus to succeed? A) Poseidon. B) Aphrodite. C) Artemis. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 50. What does the word harried mean? A) To feel relaxed and at ease. B) To feel energetic and enthusiastic. C) To feel indifferent and apathetic. D) To feel strained or stressed due to demands or pressures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To feel strained or stressed due to demands or pressures. 51. Hardship; misfortune A) Ardor. B) Profusion. C) Revelry. D) Adversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adversity. 52. The ..... escaped from prison and were followed by the police. A) Tactics. B) Scouts. C) Fugitives. D) Kardashians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fugitives. 53. Whose plan was it to "poach" and eat the sun god's cattle? A) Elpenor. B) Eurylochus. C) Odysseus. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eurylochus. 54. Odysseus's wife was probably consumed with ..... when she realized that Odysseus had to leave for a long time. A) Murmur. B) Abandon. C) Despair. D) Hideous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despair. 55. What form did Athena take in Nausikaa's dream? A) Her close friend. B) Her dog. C) Her mother. D) Her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her close friend. 56. Is Dawn mentioned in book VI A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 57. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Well, would to god I'd stayed right here in my own house with a third of all that wealth and they were still alive, all who died on the wide plain of Troy those years ago, far from the stallion-land of Argos." A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. 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