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The Odyssey Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. Enormous strength, size or power
2. Of the following gods, which one sided with the GREEKS during the Trojan War because they are a seafaring people?
3. Telemachus had been away from home looking for his father Odysseus.
4. Who falls in love with Odysessus and traps him on her island?
5. Which god is angered by Odysseus blinding Polyphemus?
6. Treacherous; sneaky or betraying
7. Odysseus & Penelope's ..... is built around a tree; this is how Penelope knows that the real Odysseus has returned.
8. What is missing from the following:He fell.
9. What happened to Odysseus once he left Calypso's island?
10. Part B Which of these excerpts best supports the answer to Part A?
11. What role BEST FITS Poseidon in the Odyssey?
12. The name of this painting is the (a)
13. What did the suitors do after Odysseus had strung the bow?
14. What is Helios the god of?
15. Which place is the home of Zeus and the other gods?
16. What is Odysseus's main goal throughout the story?
17. How did the ancient Greeks greet strangers?
18. As Odysseus's men row out to sea, they are endangered by the fact that Odysseus
19. Whom does Odysseus blame when he wakes up and sees what his men have done?
20. What type of poetry is The Odyssey?
21. Silently stood the man, guarding the ancient tomb. In this inverted sentence, which word is not in normal order?
22. How did Odysseus prove his identity to king Alcinoos?
23. Cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb
24. What are Scylla and Charybdis?
25. What did Odysseus' men (and Odysseus himself) do all the time in this strange land?
26. According to legend, why was the Trojan War started?
27. Why did the Greeks behavior while swarming in to defeat the Trojans anger the gods?
28. Whose shade of former allies or warriors does Odysseus NOT see?
29. Calypso, the sea ..... , wanted Odysseus to be her husband
30. Who was the god of the wind?
31. An opponent; enemy
32. Examine Dialogue:How does the dialogue between Hermes and Calypso on page 108 advance the story's plot?
33. How long was Odysseus away from his family?
34. What is the moral lesson conveyed through the encounter with the Sirens in The Odyssey?
35. "She has twelve legs, all writhing, dangling down and six long swaying necks, a hideous head on each ..... "
36. What does Penelope do in order to avoid marrying the suitors?
37. At the start of The Odyssey, Part 2, Odysseus arrives home. Where is his home?
38. What celebration do Telemachus and Athena arrive to?
39. Which god does not feature in Book V?
40. If you read a book and then see the movie, what will most likely be different?
41. Who is the goddess that guides Odysseus through his journey?
42. How does Zeus punish Odysseus and his men?
43. Cannibals who throw boulders at Odysseus' ship
44. What is the model epic of war?
45. What would be your rating on the book, The Odyssey
46. To show or prove that a person or thing is related to or involved with something.
47. Who does Odysseus ask for help from to make sure his arrows strike the suitors to get his revenge?
48. Pick the best answer. The protagonist of a story is .....
49. Very great happiness
50. How many men survive Zeus's lightening bolts on the ship?
51. Who suggests that the men eat the cattle of the Sun God?
52. Why did Odysseus and his crew end up on the island of the Lotus Eaters?
53. Which Suitor is the really mean one?
54. Why does Poseidon have a grudge against Odysseus?
55. True or False:a quick trip to the grocery store is an odyssey
56. Odysseus tells Polyphemus
57. What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus' men in the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part 1?
58. What is the Cyclops' curse?
59. Who tells Nausikaa to go to the river?
60. Charming; pleasing
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