This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who composed the 'Odyssey'? A) A blind man named Homer. B) A sorceress who turns men into pigs. C) A long-lost king taking back his throne. D) A man-eating giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A blind man named Homer. 2. A colleague, partner, mate, or comrade A) Companion. B) Adversary. C) Nemesis. D) Correspondent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Companion. 3. What was the Cyclops's name that Odysseus blinded? A) Argus. B) Polyphemus. C) Cyclops. D) Goliath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyphemus. 4. Who is this? I loved Odysseus and kept him on my island for 8-10 years after all his crewmates died. A) Calypso. B) Odysseus. C) King Alcinous. D) Lotus-Eaters. E) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 5. Who is Telemachus? A) Odyssesus' Brother. B) Odysseus' Son. C) Odysseus' Enemy. D) A sailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus' Son. 6. When Odysseus is first summoned by the other Greeks to join the Trojan war, he pretends to be insane to avoid going. What is the best explanation of why he does that? A) Odysseus is known to be a coward. B) Odysseus never keeps his word. C) Odysseus hates sailing. D) Odysseus doesn't want to leave his wife and newborn child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus doesn't want to leave his wife and newborn child. 7. What is the Phaeacian Bard called? A) Phemius. B) Homer. C) Demodocus. D) Phemion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demodocus. 8. The soldiers hid in the trojan ..... A) Cyclops. B) Horse. C) Donkey. D) Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 9. What is the name of the cyclops? A) Polymachus. B) Polyphemus. C) Hydra. D) Bucephalus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyphemus. 10. The sound made by a sheep or a goat. A) Nape. B) Mendicant. C) Consort. D) Bleat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bleat. 11. This god is in charge of the Underworld. A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Hades. D) Hera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hades. 12. How did Odysseus come out of the water? A) He was quiet, with a clean body, and confident. B) He came out rustling, rain-drenched, wind buffeted, hungry, and covered in brine. C) He came out of the water upset and ready to attack anyone in his way. D) He came out of the water like a god, golden, handsome, and glowing with radiant beams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He came out rustling, rain-drenched, wind buffeted, hungry, and covered in brine. 13. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Polyphemus? A) He was blinded. B) He devoured Greeks. C) He is the son of Poseidon. D) He is the son of Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is the son of Zeus. 14. The people are always in fear of the gods temper A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. A goddess and enchantress who changes men into animals A) Telemachus. B) Sirens. C) Circe. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circe. 16. In the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, why does Odysseus sail to the faraway mysterious shore?A.He believes it will be safer there.B.He thinks he will find food there.C.He wants to know who lives there.D.He hopes to capture a monster there. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 17. What was the 49 Danaid's punishment? A) They had to roll a boulder up a hill and it always rolled back down. B) They could never eat or drink because it was out of reach. C) They had to carry water in jugs that were leaking. D) They were chained to a mountain and an eagle pecked at their flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had to carry water in jugs that were leaking. 18. What made Odysseus seem clever while he was trapped with Calypso? A) He would cry everyday. B) He told Calypso he loved her so she would make him immortal. C) He would sleep with Calypso every night. D) He told Calypso that Penelope could never compete with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He told Calypso that Penelope could never compete with her. 19. Which city was Odysseus the king of? A) Mykonos. B) Troy. C) Sparta. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 20. Penelope shows her true feelings for Odysseus by A) Devising a simple archery contest for the suitors. B) Recognizing Odysseus through his disguise. C) Arguing for the beggar's right to shoot. D) Weeping over Odysseus' bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weeping over Odysseus' bow. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 3The Odyssey Quiz 4The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 6The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8The Odyssey Quiz 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books