This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After going through the storm, Odysseus and his men landed on a new island that imposed what? A) The Olympians. B) The Cyclops. C) Giants. D) Lotus Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotus Eaters. 2. How is Scylla described physically? A) Giant Dolphin monster. B) Twelve dancing legs and six long necks. C) 20 heads and six legs. D) Giant whirlpool monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twelve dancing legs and six long necks. 3. The 911 operator ..... the emergency crews to handle it. A) Examined. B) Crushed. C) Expelled. D) Dispatched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dispatched. 4. To behave in a way that belittles or denigrates someone. A) Tarry. B) Saunter. C) Consort. D) They were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were. 5. If you loathe something, you ..... it. A) Love. B) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hate. 6. Odysseus is famous for being A) Witty. B) Cunning. C) Kind and caring. D) Honest and straightforward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cunning. 7. Which god is the supreme ruler over all? A) Hera. B) Zeus. C) Hades. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeus. 8. Marked by trembling or shaking A) Harried. B) Implacable. C) Ponderous. D) Tremulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tremulous. 9. What was Tantalus' punishment? A) He had to roll a boulder up a hill and it always rolled back down. B) He could never eat or drink because it was out of reach. C) He had to carry water in a jug that was leaking. D) He was chained to a mountain and an eagle pecked at his flesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He could never eat or drink because it was out of reach. 10. If a fathom is a measure of depth, what does fathomless most likely mean? A) To have a measure of width. B) To be of average depth. C) To have no measurement tools. D) To be too deep to measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be too deep to measure. 11. What sport did Odysseus excel at? A) Running. B) Boxing. C) Wrestling. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Showing effects of planning or manipulation A) Appalled. B) Contrived. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrived. 13. Odysseus' son A) Laertes. B) Eurylochus. C) Eumaeus. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telemachus. 14. In the context of the Odyssey, the opposite of hubris is ..... A) Humility. B) Arete. C) Temptation. D) Passion. E) Perseverance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humility. 15. What was the contest Penelope suggested? A) A wrestling match. B) A race to see who can swim around the island fastest. C) String Odysseus's bow and shoot it through the center of 12 ax heads. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) String Odysseus's bow and shoot it through the center of 12 ax heads. 16. Which of these quotations best illustrates typical qualities of an epic hero? A) "We beached her, grinding keel in the soft sand, / and waded in, ourselves, on the sandy beach.". B) "Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up:no quitting now.". C) "In the next land we found were Cyclopes, / giants, louts, without a law to bless them.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up:no quitting now.". 17. What message has Hermes come to Calypso's Island (Ogygia) to deliver? A) Odysseus is banished to Hades. B) Calypso is to free Odysseus. C) Penelope has remained faithful to Odysseus. D) Helios will sink Calypso's island if he doesn't get his cattle back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso is to free Odysseus. 18. Which situation does not exemplify the theme of life and death? A) Argos' death. B) The battle with the suitors. C) The suitor's contest. D) Odysseus' men raid Helios' cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The suitor's contest. 19. "excessive speed or urgency of movement, A) Devise. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haste. 20. What is a storytelling tradition? A) A book. B) Stories that are passed down by telling them rather than writing them. C) When we sing together. D) None of the above tags9-10.RL.2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stories that are passed down by telling them rather than writing them. ← 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