This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Paris, the Prince of Troy, has to judge a contest between three powerful goddesses. What sparked the need for this competition? A) A disagreement over which goddess was most powerful. B) A golden apple that said "to the fairest.". C) Zeus lied and told his wife and his daughter that they were more beautiful than Aphrodite. D) Paris said that his wife, Helen, was more beautiful than any goddess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A golden apple that said "to the fairest.". 2. Why does Poseidon curse Odysseus and his men? A) He stole his girlfriend. B) He thought it was entertaining. C) He blinded his son. D) He wanted to make waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He blinded his son. 3. Brian is a ..... to Mr. Boucher A) Pleasure to have in class. B) Breath of fresh air. C) Bane. D) Inspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bane. 4. Adj. living forever; never dying or decaying. A) Tempt. B) Realm. C) Companion. D) Immortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immortal. 5. What did Odysseus do to keep from hearing the song of the sirens? A) Nothing, but he did tell his men to tie him to the mast so he couldn't do anything. B) He put wax into his ears as well. C) He wrapped his head with old rags. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing, but he did tell his men to tie him to the mast so he couldn't do anything. 6. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Or is he dead already, lost in the House of Death?" A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. Refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority A) Indignant. B) Mutinous. C) Lament. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutinous. 8. There was an accident so all first responders were ..... A) Plundered. B) Dispatched. C) Squalled. D) Assuaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispatched. 9. The wife of Odysseus A) Athena. B) Nausicaa. C) Penelope. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Penelope. 10. What is your first impression of Odysseus? A) His a jerk. B) His big and smelly. C) He is heroic. D) He is supreme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is heroic. 11. According to our notes, how were heroes viewed in Homer's day? A) As cursed by the gods. B) As belonging to a special class. C) As having magical powers. D) As hard working citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As belonging to a special class. 12. The Odyssey is a(n) ..... poem written by Homer. A) Epic. B) Narrative. C) Rhyming. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 13. In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep? A) Odysseus and his men lack the physical strength to kill the giant. B) Odysseus' heart is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops. C) Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave's entrance. D) Odysseus' men convince him that Poseidon will curse them if they kill any of the Cyclopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave's entrance. 14. When Agamemnon and Menelaus (two Greek leaders) prepared to leave Troy, what did they argue about? A) Whether or not to welcome a stranger into their ranks. B) Whether or not to give a sacrifice to the gods. C) Whose homeland they should return to. D) Whether or not they should bury a fallen Greek warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether or not to give a sacrifice to the gods. 15. What is the name of the Cyclops Odysseus blinds? A) Dale. B) Polyphemus. C) Polymporphus. D) Polyphemur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polymporphus. 16. What is the first stage of the hero's journey? A) The Normal World. B) The Resurrection. C) The Call to Adventure. D) The Ordinary World. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Ordinary World. 17. "The man skilled in all ways of contending" is an example of this literary device. A) Liturgy. B) Ambition. C) Invocation. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 18. She moved across the field with the ..... of a cat on the prowl. A) Vile. B) Scarce. C) Stealth. D) Beguiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stealth. 19. A prodigious man ..... knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge, he seemed no man at all of those who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. What metaphor does the poet use to describe the prodigious man? A) Knowing none but savage ways. B) He seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. C) A brute so huge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. 20. In which of these episodes does Odysseus lose all his men? A) "The Cyclops". B) "The Lotus-Eaters". C) "The Cattle of the Sun God". D) "The Sirens". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Cattle of the Sun God". 21. Who must Odysseus hear a prophecy from before the witch will free him? A) Tiresias. B) Aeolus. C) Alcinous. D) Eurylochus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiresias. 22. Which of these does not describe an epic? A) Type of poetry. B) Setting is vast. C) Elevated language. D) It's a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's a novel. 23. What advise does Circe give to save the men from the Sirens? A) Disguise your ship. B) Put wax in your ears. C) Go around the Sirens. D) Find a sacrifice for them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put wax in your ears. 24. Odysseus' home and his wife are being bothered by A) A drought. B) A horrible plague. C) A group of suitors who want to marry his wife. D) A flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of suitors who want to marry his wife. 25. Who got revenge for Helios? A) Zeus. B) Athena. C) Helios. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeus. 26. Odysseus prays to which god at the end of book VI? A) Artemis. B) Zeus. C) Poseidon. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 27. What brought Greece out of the Dark Ages? A) Trade throughout the Mediterranean region. B) Beautiful Sculptures. C) Beautiful literature. D) Trade between the city states. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade throughout the Mediterranean region. 28. Throughout the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, Odysseus tempts fate by behaving recklessly. What is the reaction of his men? A) They try to discourage his rashness. B) They laugh at his hotheaded behavior. C) They welcome his risk-taking action. D) They trust his ability to protect them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They try to discourage his rashness. 29. What task did Penelope give to the suitors? A) A swimming competition. B) A running race. C) A fight. D) Stringing Odysseus's bow and shooting an arrow through twelve axe heads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stringing Odysseus's bow and shooting an arrow through twelve axe heads. 30. What happens to Odysseus after he leaves Calypso's island? A) He sails his new raft directly to Scheria. B) He is captured at sea by the Phaeacians. C) His raft is destroyed by a storm Poseidon sends. D) He sails home to Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His raft is destroyed by a storm Poseidon sends. 31. Who does Paris award the golden apple to and why does he choose that goddess? A) Athena, because she offers him wisdom, and he wants to be a good advisor to his father. B) Hera, because she offers to make him king of Troy instead of his older brother. C) Aphrodite, because she offers to make him lovable. D) Aphrodite, because she offers to make the most beautiful woman in the world fall in love with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphrodite, because she offers to make the most beautiful woman in the world fall in love with him. 32. When Odysseus falls asleep, his men ..... the bag A) Steal. B) Open. C) Destroy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open. 33. On Ogygia Odysseus has no crew left. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. What effect do the lotus flowers have on the men after the eat them? A) The men forget the past. B) The men became lost. C) The men weep with joy. D) They cause the men to distrust Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The men forget the past. 35. Which god is angry with Odysseus? A) Hades. B) Zeus. C) Hephaestus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 36. Hubris means one has too much ..... A) Shame. B) Cleverness. C) Hats. D) Pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pride. 37. Why is Nestor and Helen considered temporary mentors in the Odyssey? A) They dont give any information and are irrevalent to the story. B) They give more than one piece information for telemachus to whether his father is alive, and go along with telemachus to find him. C) They give one piece information for telemachus to whether his father is alive. D) They help Athena to find Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They give one piece information for telemachus to whether his father is alive. 38. He thought that the suit was so ..... that he refused to wear it. A) Hideous. B) Murmur. C) Bewildered. D) Abandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hideous. 39. What did Calypso promise Odysseus to make him stay with her? A) Immortality. B) Wealth. C) An army. D) A kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immortality. 40. Which women fall in love with Odysseus? A) Circe and Calypso. B) Athene and Aphrodite. C) Minnie and Daisy. D) Scylla and Charybdis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe and Calypso. 41. In which adventure in this section does Odysseus act most heroically? A) He picked up a rock. B) He help his men row their boat. C) Braving Scylla and Charybdis and not telling his men which path he was taking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Braving Scylla and Charybdis and not telling his men which path he was taking. 42. What kind of animals attack the suitors as a sign from Zeus? A) Eagles. B) Insects. C) Pigs. D) Bulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eagles. 43. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:a tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck. A) Amphora. B) Rheum. C) Cavern. D) Transmitters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphora. 44. What did Circe turn Odysseus' men into? A) Pigs. B) Wolves. C) Lions. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pigs. 45. If a person showed wrath toward an enemy, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of wrath. A) He showed good manners. B) He showed extreme anger. C) He showed poor judgement. D) He showed intense fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He showed extreme anger. 46. What king does Odysseus son go visit to find out news of Odysseus? A) Menelaus. B) Priam. C) Achilles. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menelaus. 47. Penelope finally realizes that Odysseus has really returned home because he tells her that A) He made their bed frame from a tree trunk. B) A magic spell returned him to Ithaca. C) He was sent home by Zeus. D) That he was really invisible the whole time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He made their bed frame from a tree trunk. 48. Who does Odysseus make an offering to after escaping the Cyclops? A) Poseidon. B) Dale. C) Zeus. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeus. 49. What did Odysseus regret at the end of the story? A) Not jumping off the boat to go to the Sirens. B) Not staying with Circe on her island. C) Loosing so many of his men. D) Listening to the Sirens song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loosing so many of his men. 50. How did the Sirens try to lure the men to their island? A) Offering food and shelter. B) Giving them sweet food. C) Singing a song. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Singing a song. 51. When I saw the ..... of toilet paper in her garage, I understood why there was none left at the store. A) Profusion. B) Scarcity. C) Custom. D) Void. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusion. 52. What trick does Penelope employ to delay the suitors? A) She wears black as if she is in mourning to give herself more time before she must be remarried. B) She weaves her veil all day and at night she pulls the veil apart so that she is never finished. C) She tells the suitors she would rather marry the Pig Man because his cave is super clean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She weaves her veil all day and at night she pulls the veil apart so that she is never finished. 53. Odysseus is famous and well-known throughout Greece and his home of Ithaca.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Local Hero. B) Travel. C) Capable of greatness. D) A great fighter/warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local Hero. 54. The concept of the hero has remained unchanged since The Odyssey A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. Who was believed to be the king of the Gods? A) Athena. B) Zeus. C) Triton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeus. 56. How many obstacles or monsters that Odysseus faces are female? A) All of them. B) None of them. C) Two of them. D) More than two of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than two of them. 57. When Odysseus visits the Underworld, he must speak to A) Hermes. B) Tiresias. C) Zeus. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiresias. 58. Which of the following sentences features inverted word order? A) In April we visited Greece. B) Clear and aqua was the sea. C) Dolphins splashed beside our ship. D) The sun shone harshly on the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear and aqua was the sea. 59. Mr. Boucher is ..... to diets and exercise. A) Averse. B) He doesn't need a diet or to exercise because he is perfect. C) Eager. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Averse. 60. How did Odysseus escape from Calypso's island? A) A bridge. B) A chariot. C) A tunnel. D) A raft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A raft. ← 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 8The Odyssey Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books