This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Odysseus is sent from Circe's island to the Land of the Dead to speak with Tiresias who is a ..... A) Odysseus' childhood friend. B) Deceased dog. C) Fallen soldier. D) Blind prophet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blind prophet. 2. ..... appeals to Zeus to help Odysseus get home. A) Penelope. B) Ares. C) Athena. D) Muse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 3. What is the name of the movie? A) The Odyssey. B) The Aeneid. C) The adventures of Odysseus. D) The Iliad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Odyssey. 4. What does Eumaeus let Odysseus borrow? A) A cloak to stay warm. B) A robe. C) An undergarment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cloak to stay warm. 5. Making good for loss or damage; repayment A) Desolation. B) Foreboding. C) Restitution. D) Profusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restitution. 6. What was the name of the Cyclops that Odysseus stabbed in the eye? A) Calypso. B) Achilles. C) Telemachus. D) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyphemus. 7. The greek belief in showing hospitality to strangers is called ..... A) Xenia. B) Cleos. C) Nostos. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenia. 8. This god is in charge of the Oceans, Seas, and Rivers. A) Poseidon. B) Hera. C) Hades. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 9. Why is Odysseus away from home? A) He was a singer who had to travel for his job. B) He was off discovering new lands. C) He spent 10 years fighting in the Trojan War. D) He was on a mission for Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He spent 10 years fighting in the Trojan War. 10. What group of adjectives BEST describe the place of Alcinous? A) Luscious, majestic, elaborate, and splendid. B) Meager, destitute, poverty-stricken, and filthy. C) Cold, empty, grim, and mysterious. D) Dimly-lit, tiny, quiet, and in ruins and ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luscious, majestic, elaborate, and splendid. 11. The Odyssey is the epic based on? A) War. B) Love. C) Journey. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Journey. 12. Having characteristics like a pig or hog A) Swinish. B) Forebode. C) Beguile. D) Snare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swinish. 13. The Odyssey took place after which war? A) Trojan War. B) 100 years war. C) Peloponnesian War. D) Persian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trojan War. 14. Odysseus says, "Wise Athena, you brought me home, protected my family, and restored peace to my kingdom." What does restored mean? A) Allowed. B) Built. C) Brought back. D) Prevented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought back. 15. To humiliate, embarrass or degrade someone A) Third base. B) Abe. C) Biased. D) Based. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abe. 16. Odysseus is loved by all of the gods except ..... A) Poseidon. B) Zeus. C) Hermes. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 17. Who helps Odysseus? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Antinous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 18. Who is the Muse? A) Goddess of enlightenment. B) Goddess of light. C) Goddess of learning. D) Goddess who inspires art, literature, and science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goddess who inspires art, literature, and science. 19. N. very hard work. A) Work. B) Tranquil. C) Cavern. D) Tempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 20. What was the big problem with Paris eloping with Helen? A) Helen was already married to Menelaus. B) Helen didn't like Paris. C) Helen and Paris only fell in love because of Aphrodite's help. D) Paris was too young for Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helen was already married to Menelaus. 21. In King Menelaus' story in Book 4, which Hero reached his soil again safely only to be ambushed and killed by Aegisthus' men, in his own hall. A) Agamemnon. B) Odysseus. C) Menelaus. D) Ajax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agamemnon. 22. The other Cyclopses do not help Polyphemus because they A) Are tricked by Odysseus's cleverness. B) Do not care what happens to Polyphemus. C) Fear Odysseus. D) Cannot move the door way slab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are tricked by Odysseus's cleverness. 23. A small piece of tasty food; little pieces of information A) Tidbit. B) Snare. C) Vile. D) Foreboding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tidbit. 24. Feeling happy because of success A) Enthusiastic. B) Disturbed. C) Jubilant. D) Wild. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jubilant. 25. Which Greek god is the god of the underworld? A) Poseidon. B) Apollo. C) Hades. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hades. 26. Odysseus says, "Wise Athena, you brought me home, protected my family, and restored peace to my kingdom." Based on context clues, what is the definition of restore? A) To build something new. B) To prevent something from happening. C) To bring back into existence. D) To allow something to happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To bring back into existence. 27. Who are the Laestrygonians? A) Cannibals. B) Fairies. C) Gods. D) Dragons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannibals. 28. What was the Trojan War? A) The 2 month war to determine who would rule the Agean Sea. B) The 2 month war over the fleet of Trojan horses. C) The 10-year war between Greeks & Trojans to recover Menelaus's wife, Helen. D) The 10-year war between Greeks & Trojans over property rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 10-year war between Greeks & Trojans to recover Menelaus's wife, Helen. 29. How many years total had Odysseus been away from his home before he is reunited with his wife and son? A) 10 years. B) 20 years. C) 5 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20 years. 30. "to make smaller. A) Devise. B) Suitor. C) Diminish. D) Haste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diminish. 31. What does en medias res mean? A) In the middle. B) At the end. C) In the beginning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the middle. 32. What did Telemachus do after Odysseus had strung the bow? A) Fastened his sword and stood armed. B) Left the house. C) Went to sleep. D) Went for a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fastened his sword and stood armed. 33. The following is an example of which literary device: "'You will die just like the others!' he cried, and he threw himself at my feet." A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 34. Who is the father of the cattle on Thrinacia? A) Zeus. B) Apollo. C) Helios. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helios. 35. Who gave Odysseus the magical herbs to keep him safe from Circe's magic? A) Athena. B) Hermes. C) Zeus. D) Helios. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 36. What is known as the most famous military conflict of all time? A) The Trojan War. B) The fall of the Minoan Civilization. C) The Greek Dark Ages. D) The Persian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Trojan War. 37. Odysseus fought which one of the creatures below? A) The Cracken. B) Cyclops. C) A demon monkey. D) Big Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyclops. 38. When he is blinded by Odysseus, what does Polyphemus do? A) Kills all the men. B) Hides inside forever. C) Calls on Poseidon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calls on Poseidon. 39. What is missing from the following:When I graduate from high school. 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: D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. 40. How did Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope? A) By stringing and shooting an arrow through twelve axe heads. B) By reciting a secret code known only to him and Penelope. C) By presenting a ring that only he possessed. D) By revealing a scar that he received in battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By stringing and shooting an arrow through twelve axe heads. 41. Who is Queen of the Phaeacians? A) Arete. B) Nausicaa. C) Circe. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arete. 42. Define "In Medias Res" A) Latin for "into the middle of things, " a story that begins in the middle. B) A brave & noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements. C) A description of a characteristic of a person or thing before the name. D) A long, detailed, and dramatic comparison using like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin for "into the middle of things, " a story that begins in the middle. 43. A long poem, centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated. A) Narrative. B) Epic. C) Sage. D) Whim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 44. Who meets Odysseus when he reaches Ithica? A) Athena. B) Telemachus. C) Penelope. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 45. Which Greek gods/goddess helps Odysseus? A) Aphrodite and Poseidon. B) Athene & Hermes. C) Hera and Zeus. D) Artemis & Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athene & Hermes. 46. Calypso has a long speech where she complains to Hermes about what? A) How there is a double standard between male and females gods. B) How Zeus gets away with everything and allows no fun for others. C) That her and Odysseus are genuinely in love and should be left alone. D) That is is beyond her power to help get Odysseus home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How there is a double standard between male and females gods. 47. Who is a female characters that is portrayed with the trait of loyalty in The Odyssey? A) Telemachus. B) Circe. C) Eurycleia. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eurycleia. 48. WHO SAID- "it is for Odysseus that my heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt island, far away, poor man, from all his friends." A) Telemachus. B) Calypso. C) Athena. D) Penelope. E) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 49. Who is Odysseus's wife? A) Helen. B) Circe. C) Penelope. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Penelope. 50. Who is the Cyclops' father? A) Athena. B) Hades. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 51. Part B:Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A? A) "Before he could decide, Poseidon whipped up another giant wave". B) "No possessions, no clothes, not even a raft. His only hope was Ino's veil". C) "Poseidon snorted scornfully and abandoned him to the waves". D) He had stripped him of everything, and he was satisfied at last". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had stripped him of everything, and he was satisfied at last". 52. What is the name of the island where the Sirens reside? A) Ithaca. B) Circe's Island. C) Calypso's Island. D) Sirens of the Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sirens of the Rock. 53. An event that interrupts the hero's ordinary life. This event presents the hero with a challenge that cannot be ignored. A) Refusal of the Call. B) The Ordinary World. C) Crossing the Threshold. D) Call to Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Call to Adventure. 54. How does Odysseus seem to feel about being on Ogygia? A) He knows he should get home soon but really enjoys it and Calypso. B) He loves Calypso and her pimped up cavern. C) He loves Calypso and the island, but would like for Penelope to be there as well. D) He has grown cold toward Calypso and thinks only of returning home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has grown cold toward Calypso and thinks only of returning home. 55. The sirens sang lovely songs in ardor what does ardor mean? A) Harmony. B) Rhythm. C) Passion. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passion. 56. Where is Odysseus' first stop after leaving Troy? A) Ithaca. B) Calypso. C) Ismaros. D) Phaeacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ismaros. 57. As I walked towards the gloomy castle, a ..... feeling filled me. A) Stealthy. B) Foreboding. C) Snare. D) Swinish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreboding. 58. How was Odysseus disguised when he came to Ithaca? A) As a servant. B) As a god. C) As a beggar. D) As a soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a beggar. 59. What is the first step in the heroic journey cycle? A) The Threshold. B) The Call. C) The Return. D) Transformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Call. 60. Which episode from the excerpts from The Odyssey, Parts 1 and 2, is the main focus of the excerpt from The Odyssey:A Graphic Novel? A) "The Land of the Dead". B) "The Suitors". C) "The Challenge". D) "The Lotus-Eaters". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Land of the Dead". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 3The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 6The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8The Odyssey Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books