This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Word or phrases of description that are repeated time and again within a work of literature as in "O great contender." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 2. Odysseus' aged father A) Zeus. B) Laertes. C) Telemachus. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laertes. 3. An old-fashioned term for a man who is trying to convince a woman to marry him. A) Devise. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suitor. 4. At the end of the episode with the Cyclops in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic? A) He destroys Odysseus' ship. B) He prophesies that Odysseus will visit Hades. C) He begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus. D) He tells Odysseus that he will chase him back to Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus. 5. The food and drink of the gods A) Suitor. B) Indignant. C) Ambrosia. D) Vengeance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambrosia. 6. Who is Odysseus' wife? A) Penelope. B) Circe. C) Calypso. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penelope. 7. When a character tells the story, the writer uses the first-person ..... A) Pen. B) Plot. C) Opinion. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of view. 8. Where is Odysseus' home? A) Sparta. B) Ithaca. C) Troy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 9. Evil, disgusting A) Beguiling. B) Succumb. C) Scourge. D) Vile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vile. 10. Who transforms Odysseus's sailors into pigs? A) Circe. B) Athena. C) Poseidon. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe. 11. Deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. A) Guile. B) Behold. C) Disdain. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guile. 12. Before they arrived on the island of the cyclops, Odysseus and his men landed on the Island of the ..... Eaters, where the inhabitants lived a carefree life and eating a plant. A) Flower. B) Lily pad. C) Plant. D) Lotus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotus. 13. How long was Odysseus away from Ithica? A) 10 years. B) 1, 000 years. C) 20 years. D) 2 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20 years. 14. Who did Odysseus anger that got him stranded on the island with Calypso? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Ares. D) Dionysus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 15. Where is Telemachus when we first see him? A) Ithaca. B) Ismaros. C) The Island of the Lotus Eaters. D) Telepylos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ithaca. 16. What is the name of the sea monster that creates whirlpools? A) Scylla. B) Charybdis. C) Circe. D) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charybdis. 17. What did Athena instruct Odysseus to do upon his return to Ithaca? A) Go to Sparta to find his wife, Penelope. B) Hide the gifts in the cave and investigate the situation. C) Seek revenge on the suitors immediately. D) Reveal his true identity to everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hide the gifts in the cave and investigate the situation. 18. Which word best helps you understand what detest means? A) "hate". B) "help". C) "not welcoming". D) "obviously". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "hate". 19. Was Odysseus a warrior by choice? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 20. Who was Odysseus's son? A) Telemachus. B) Zeus. C) Eurylochus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. ← 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