This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is this? I am a dead and blind prophet. A) Tiresias. B) Odysseus. C) King Alcinous. D) Lotus-Eaters. E) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiresias. 2. What is missing from the following:Whenever we go to the amusement park with our best friends. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Both subject and verb. D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. 3. What are the characteristics of the Sirens in The Odyssey? A) They have the ability to shape-shift into beautiful women. B) They have the ability to control the weather. C) They have the ability to heal any wound. D) They have the ability to breathe underwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They have the ability to shape-shift into beautiful women. 4. Odysseus tells the cyclops his name is which of the following A) Odysseus. B) Achilles. C) Telemachus. D) No man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No man. 5. What characteristic BEST describes the Greek gods? A) Immortal. B) Wicked. C) Smelly. D) Smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immortal. 6. What is most likely the meaning of offended in the following sentence. Use context clues to help you. "Miles offended his grandfather by forgetting to thank him for the birthday gift" A) Worried. B) Confused. C) Delighted. D) Displeased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Displeased. 7. In the setting of The Odyssey, the ..... was usually the protagonist A) Damsel in distress. B) Epic hero. C) Mythological creature. D) Wise old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic hero. 8. Holly likes to shock people with carefully selected ..... from her personal life or her outspoken viewpoints on various topics. A) Stealth. B) Snare. C) Tidbits. D) Beguile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tidbits. 9. Examine Dialogue and Inner Monolog:In the sixth and seventh paragraphs on page 110, what does Odysseus' dialogue and inner monolog reveal? A) He feels despair and fears his life and memory will be lost. B) He wishes he had stayed on Calypso's island. C) Odysseus is joyful to see his homeland. D) Odysseus has traveled without sleeping for 17 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He feels despair and fears his life and memory will be lost. 10. The enchanting melody seemed to ..... all who listened, casting a spell of fascination and wonder. A) Befuddle. B) Repulse. C) Bewitch. D) Repel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bewitch. 11. What is an oral tradition? A) Information given to another person out loud. B) A story read aloud. C) Stories passed down by mouth without being written down. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stories passed down by mouth without being written down. 12. Which god is associated with the trident, headband, and sea creatures? A) Athena. B) Hermes. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 13. Wife of Zeus, protectress of marriage, children, and the home A) Hera. B) Ares. C) Hermes. D) Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hera. 14. What is the ultimate goal of Odysseus's journey? A) To become a god. B) To find treasure. C) To return home to Ithaca. D) To defeat the Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To return home to Ithaca. 15. Who betrayed Agamemnon and killed him upon his return home? A) His daughters. B) The Trojans. C) His brother, Menelaus. D) His wife, Clytemnestra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His wife, Clytemnestra. 16. What were the names of the monsters Odysseus encountered during his voyage? A) Cyclops, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. B) Circe, Cyclops, Poseidon, and Athena. C) Zeus, Sun Cattle, Poseidon, and Charybdis. D) The Sirens, Lotus-Eaters, Scylla, and Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclops, The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. 17. A detached and rounded or much-worn mass of rock A) Boulder. B) Consider. C) Insult. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boulder. 18. Which suitor begs for Odysseus' mercy when he realizes who the beggar truly is? A) Antinous. B) Eurymachus. C) Telemachus. D) Amphinomous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eurymachus. 19. Who has an affair with Eurymachus? A) Melantho. B) Penelope. C) Circe. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melantho. 20. Why did Odysseus leave Ithaca in the first place? A) To Trade. B) To Fight in a War. C) To Explore. D) He Had no Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Fight in a War. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books