This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the following sentence, what is the CAUSE?I broke my arm when I fell on the ice. A) When I fell on the ice. B) I broke my arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I fell on the ice. 2. Who was the author of The Odyssey A) Shakespeare. B) Homer. C) Plato. D) Virgil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer. 3. The people of the land where Odysseus and his men landed ate only ..... and Odysseus' men began to eat them, too! A) Flowers. B) Fish. C) Leaves. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers. 4. "He led the way, and Pallas Athena followed into the lofty hall." A) Epithet. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 5. How does Odysseus receive the news that Calypso will assist him in getting off the island and heading home to Ithaca? A) With sadness, knowing that she loves his company and will be alone when he leaves. B) With absolute elation, he cannot imagine anything better!. C) With skepticism. After all this time why now?. D) With disbelief. After so much time and suffering he finds assistance, and the possibility of getting home, almost impossible to imagine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With skepticism. After all this time why now?. 6. Who was Penelope in the Odyssey? A) The wife of Odysseus and the queen of Ithaca. B) The daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom. C) A Trojan princess who fell in love with Odysseus. D) A nymph who helped Odysseus on his journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wife of Odysseus and the queen of Ithaca. 7. Events prove that it was quite unfortunate for Odysseus to A) Have himself tied to the mast. B) Urge his men to row hard past Charybdis. C) Remind his men of how they had escaped the Cyclops. D) Leave his men in order to pray on the island of the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leave his men in order to pray on the island of the Sun. 8. Is Penelope still waiting at home for her husband (Odysseus) to return? A) No!. B) We never learn this from the story. C) She did at first, but then stopped. D) Yes!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes!. 9. What effect do the lotus flowers have on the 3 warriors? A) They make them become very ill. B) They make them forget the past. C) They make them sleep. D) They make them become violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They make them forget the past. 10. Why does Polyphemus fall asleep? A) Odysseus poisons him. B) It's nighttime. C) Odysseus makes him drunk. D) He's tired from his day in the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus makes him drunk. 11. Who prays to Poseidon to curse Odysseus? A) A siren. B) The Cyclops. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Cyclops. 12. In a smithy, one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam-the way they make soft iron hale and hard:just so that eyeball hissed around the spike. What metaphor describes the hot spear in the Cyclops' eye? A) A white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam. B) The way they make soft iron hale and hard. C) Just so that eyeball hissed around the spike. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam. 13. Heavy; in a clumsy way; bulky A) Implacable. B) Ponderous. C) Aloof. D) Tremulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ponderous. 14. Odysseus fights monsters, receives helps from Gods, and charms enchantresses.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Supernatural friends and foes. B) Travel. C) Capable of greatness. D) Born into power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supernatural friends and foes. 15. How many years has Odysseus been away from Ithaca? A) 20. B) 10. C) 15. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 16. Where does Athena direct Telemachus? A) She tells him to go to Troy and Sparta. B) She tells him to go to Pylos and Sparta. C) She tells him to go to Egypt and Pylos. D) She tells him to go to Troy and Pylos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She tells him to go to Pylos and Sparta. 17. Odysseus originally tells Polyphemus his name is A) Odysseus. B) Somebody. C) Everybody. D) Nobody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nobody. 18. What problem is foreshadowed in the prologue? A) Odysseus will die. B) All of Odysseus' men will die. C) Odysseus will never get home. D) Odysseus will stay with Calypso forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of Odysseus' men will die. 19. In King Menelaus' story in Book 4, which Hero was wrecked by Poseidon driving his ship upon the rocks of Gyrae. Poseidon split the ledge he was standing on so that he fell back into the brine and perished? A) Ajax. B) Menelaus. C) Agamemnon. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajax. 20. In The Odyssey, Part 2, why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors? A) Odysseus does not have good weapons. B) The suitors are clever and daring. C) Odysseus has grown old. D) There are far too many suitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are far too many suitors. 21. From paragraphs 14-20, the dialogue between Telemachus and Penelope becomes more-(6.8C) A) Serious and unreasonable. B) Dishonest and suspicious. C) Affectionate and respectful. D) Offensive and tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affectionate and respectful. 22. When Odysseus wants to leave Circe's island, she tells him he must go to ..... A) The land of the giants. B) The land of the cyclops. C) The Land of the Dead. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Land of the Dead. 23. What is missing in the following:The line at the grocery store is very long. 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: E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. 24. Whose island is so bright at night that a man can work all around the clock? A) Calypso's. B) Circe's. C) Phaeacia. D) The Laestrygonians'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Laestrygonians'. 25. Who are the suitors trying to marry Penelope? A) Poseidon. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Suitors 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suitors 1 and 2. 26. Which one is NOT one of the traits of an epic hero? A) Is significant and glorified. B) Is good at fighting dragons. C) Performs brave deeds. D) Is on a quest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is good at fighting dragons. 27. The islanders are ..... A) Hostile. B) Friendly. C) Neutral. D) Annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly. 28. What does Circe do to Odysseus's men? A) Turns them into goats. B) Turns them into bugs. C) Turns them into pigs. D) Turns them into birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turns them into pigs. 29. Something unusual about him was that he was A) Deaf. B) Unable to speak. C) Lacking two hands. D) Blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blind. 30. In the opening lines, Homer has Zeus speaking of Aegisthus and Orestes. What point is he making by using this story? A) The idea of suffering being neccesary. B) The idea of revenge and balance through an eye for an eye. C) The idea that men should not blame the gods for all their troubles. D) The idea that mortals are getting more immoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The idea that men should not blame the gods for all their troubles. 31. When Telemachus calls an assembly to help save Ithaca from the suitors, where is Penelope? A) Ithaca. B) Piles. C) Troy. D) Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ithaca. 32. How did Odysseus help bring about the end of the war in Troy? A) He mediated a couple's counseling session between Menelaus and Helen. B) He tricked Helen into returning to Melelaus. C) He came up with the plan to trick the Trojans with the Trojan Horse. D) He defeated the King of Troy in combat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He came up with the plan to trick the Trojans with the Trojan Horse. 33. Why is it important that Odysseus' "fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim" ? A) To show that his story is familiar. B) To show that his story is unique. C) To show that his story is known by the gods. D) To show that his story is well-known to the people of Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show that his story is known by the gods. 34. What is The Odyssey? A) The song the most famous bard in Greek was known for singing. B) An epic poem detailing the 10-year return of Odysseus from the Trojan War. C) An epic poem, attributed to Homer, detailing the account of The Trojan Wart. D) The most powerful ship in the Aegean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An epic poem detailing the 10-year return of Odysseus from the Trojan War. 35. (n.) one who flees or runs away; (adj.) fleeting, lasting a very short time; wandering; difficult to grasp A) Ponderous. B) Fugitive. C) Dismember. D) Prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fugitive. 36. Who is the protagonist in the book? A) Eurylochus. B) Odysseus. C) Circe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 37. What is the following an example of: "Aeolus, Keeper of the Winds" A) Epithet. B) Imagery. C) Hubris. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 38. Character who refused to inform sailors of their impending death A) Circe. B) Cyclops. C) Charybdis. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus. 39. How many years total had Odysseus been gone from Ithaca? A) 6. B) 15. C) 7. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 40. Shadow Archetype A) Poseidon. B) Polyphemus. C) Circe. D) Antiphates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 41. What happens when Odysseus' men eat the lotus flower? A) They never ate the flowers. B) They immediately wanted to go home. C) They lost all thoughts of home and wanted to stay eating the fruit. D) They attended a festival tags9-10.RL.2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They lost all thoughts of home and wanted to stay eating the fruit. 42. How does Athena disguise Odysseus? A) An old beggar. B) A young beggar. C) A lion. D) Telemachus' twin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An old beggar. 43. The ghost Tiresias warns Odysseus not to touch the ..... of the sun god A) Sheep. B) Cattle. C) Pigs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cattle. 44. How does Odysseus defeat Polyphemus? A) He trips him and runs. B) He blinds him and hides under the sheep. C) He convinces some of his men to stay behind as leverage. D) He doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He blinds him and hides under the sheep. 45. Greek for "insolence" -excessive pride that leads to protagonist's downfall-tragic flaw A) Catharsis. B) Hubris. C) Epithet. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubris. 46. True or False:A beautiful pond with flowers and a peaceful breeze would be foreboding A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. What name does Odysseus use as an alias with Polyphemus? A) Hercules, the Magnificent. B) Odysseus, King of Ithaca. C) Nobody Atall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nobody Atall. 48. Who is this woman? A) A servant who helps to raise Telemachus in the absence of his father. B) The lovely Penelope, wife of Odysseus. C) The goddess Calypso, who has the ability to live forever. D) The mother of Odysseus an mother-in-law of Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lovely Penelope, wife of Odysseus. 49. What kind of contest does Penelope give the princes? A) A contest of wits. B) An archery contest. C) A sword fight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An archery contest. 50. A word to describe a person who begs strangers for money. A) Mendicant. B) Bane. C) Nape. D) Rampart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mendicant. 51. How many women were trained by Euryclea and Penelope in household work? A) Forty. B) Thirty. C) Fifty. D) Twenty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fifty. 52. Around what time did Homer live AND was he bling? A) 800 BC, yes. B) 600 BC, no. C) 700 BC, yes,. D) 500 BC; yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 800 BC, yes. 53. Odysseus is known for his superior wit, strength and leadership.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Local Hero. B) Born into power. C) Capable of greatness. D) Humility gained or earned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capable of greatness. 54. Where does the narrative of the 'Odyssey' begin? A) In the middle of things. B) At the end of the Trojan War. C) On the island of Ithaca. D) In the city of Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the middle of things. 55. If you were to greet a friend's idea with incredulity, which of the following would you be most likely to say? A) "Let's go!". B) "Brilliant!". C) "Hand it over!". D) "No way!". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "No way!". 56. What trick devised by Odysseus won the Trojan War? A) The Great Pyramid. B) The Divine Elliptical. C) The Trojan Horse. D) The Sacrifice of Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Trojan Horse. 57. Which God can be considered Telemachus' supernatural aid? A) Poseidon. B) Zeus. C) Athena. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 58. Greeks won the war with the use of the Trojan ..... A) Rabbit. B) Horse. C) Dog. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 59. How long is Odysseus on Circe's island? A) 5 years. B) 7 years. C) 10 years. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 year. 60. What is the purpose of the Sirens' songs? A) To guide sailors to their destination. B) To warn sailors of dangerous waters. C) To entertain sailors during their journey. D) To lure sailors to their deaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To lure sailors to their deaths. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books