This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Strategies an authors uses to compose a story A) Context. B) Theme. C) Narrative Techniques. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative Techniques. 2. Odysseus wanted to ..... King Alcinous and the brave men of Scheria. A) Poseidon. B) Commemorate. C) Nymph. D) Constellations. E) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commemorate. 3. The tumor was ..... and was easily removed. A) Prodigious. B) Adorn. C) Benign. D) Bliss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benign. 4. Which of the following is not an antagonist from Part II of the Odyssey A) Helios. B) Hermes. C) Circe. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 5. Entertained or amused A) Regaled. B) Work. C) Succumb. D) Abominably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regaled. 6. Which god does not like Odysseus? A) Apollo. B) Poseidon. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 7. What did Penelope do after Telemachus asserted his authority over the bow? A) Went within the house and busied herself with her daily duties. B) Went for a walk. C) Challenged Telemachus to a contest. D) Left the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went within the house and busied herself with her daily duties. 8. In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly describe in these words to Alcinous? "Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war:this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim." A) Admiration for peacemaking. B) Admiration for modesty. C) Admiration for sincerity. D) Admiration for cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admiration for cunning. 9. Who is the Queen of Troy? A) Cassandra. B) Hecuba. C) Andromache. D) Clytemnestra. E) Iphigenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecuba. 10. In the myth, what starts the Trojan War? A) Troy attacks Sparta. B) Zeus and Hades fighting. C) Control of the waterways. D) A golden apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A golden apple. 11. If something is unexceptional, they are also this. A) Special. B) Real. C) Run-of-the-mill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run-of-the-mill. 12. Which deity helps Odysseus in his battle against the suitors? A) Penelope. B) Athena. C) Eureka. D) Eurymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 13. Aeolus was the king of what? A) Sun. B) Wind. C) Sea. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 14. Impossible to soothe; unforgiving A) Implacable. B) Tremulous. C) Contemptible. D) Appalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implacable. 15. Tactics A) An outfit of questionable taste. B) Any mode of procedure for gaining advantage or success:military procedures. C) A sharp end object for hanging things on a wall. D) A sticky substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any mode of procedure for gaining advantage or success:military procedures. 16. Odysseus' wife has been A) Waiting for 20 years. B) Raising their son. C) Fighting off suitors. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 17. When Odysseus went to the Land of the Dead, what part of the hero journey is that? A) 4-trials. B) 5-approach. C) 6-crisis. D) 7-treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6-crisis. 18. How does Penelope avoid marrying the suitors? A) She complains about their bad hospitality at a town meeting. B) She sends Telemachus to go and find Odysseus. C) She prays to Zeus to strike the suitors down. D) She unweaves the burial shroud she is making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She unweaves the burial shroud she is making. 19. Clamor A) Mime. B) Shout. C) Whisper. D) Clap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shout. 20. The epithet "god of the earthquakes" describes A) Athena. B) Helen of Troy. C) Poseidon. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. ← 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