This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did Athena change Odysseus's appearance again? A) She changed him back to his normal self. B) She changed him by making him look more like a god. C) She made him look like a giant. D) She made him look like a soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She changed him back to his normal self. 2. Which character give Odysseus the MOST aid in Book V. Think carefully ..... A) Ino. B) Calypso. C) Hermes. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 3. Disdainful A) Adjective:scornful; regarding someone as beneath you. B) Verb:add beauty to; decorate. C) Noun:merrymaking; festivity. D) Verb:glared; stared angrily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective:scornful; regarding someone as beneath you. 4. How does Penelope react to her son telling her to let him handle the suitors? A) She agrees to let him handle things. B) She acts very confused about his actions. C) She becomes very angry. D) She laughs at his confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She agrees to let him handle things. 5. Set of plans and skills to gain success A) Strategy. B) Strategic. C) Skeptical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strategy. 6. Why did the Greeks use The Illiad and The Odyssey in their schools? A) To teach English. B) To teach virtues. C) To teach history. D) To teach manners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To teach virtues. 7. What prophet does Odysseus meet in the underworld A) Scylla. B) Charibdis. C) Tiresias. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiresias. 8. Epics have which of the following criteria? A) It is a narrative poem on a serious subject. B) Told in a formal and elevated style. C) Centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure and The fate of a tribe, nation, or the human race depend on the actions of this hero. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he drags his crew back to the ship and away from the Lotus Eaters? A) Divine Assistance. B) Tragic Flaw. C) Noble Birth. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loyalty. 10. What was the cause of the Trojan War? A) A woman being taken from her husband. B) Power struggle for the country. C) To take over another country. D) They just wanted to fight and have a war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A woman being taken from her husband. 11. Who was warming the bow by the fire, but still could not string it? A) Melanthius. B) Leiodes. C) Eurymachus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eurymachus. 12. What did Odysseus ask Euryclea to bring for cleaning the hall? A) Vinegar. B) Sulfur. C) Soap. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulfur. 13. What happens to Odysseys more than once? A) He is shipwrecked. B) He is taken prisoner by Cyclops. C) He gets married. D) He is attacked by Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is shipwrecked. 14. Where did Odysseus go first after he left the city of Troy? A) City of Sparta. B) Ithaca. C) City of Cicones. D) An unknown island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) City of Cicones. 15. Who does Odysseus call on to help him to draw his first arrow in book 22? A) Athena. B) Apollo. C) Telemachus. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apollo. 16. The Cicones decided to do what while Odysseus's sailors slept on the beach? A) Looked for the items the sailor's stole from them. B) Took all of their ships. C) Looked for revenge. D) Woke them up and demanded an apology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looked for revenge. 17. In a hateful way; horribly A) Abominably. B) Foreboding. C) Beguiling. D) Revelry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abominably. 18. The ..... are highly efficient for trapping snakes. A) Stealthy. B) Snares. C) Tidbits. D) Vile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snares. 19. Who is Eurycleia? A) A suitor. B) A nymph. C) A maidservant. D) An individual mentioned as part of the Trojan War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A maidservant. 20. Why did Odysseus' wife, Penelope, weave a burial shroud and then unravel it every night? A) Because Odysseus was away, other men wanted to marry her. She said she would choose one when the shroud was finished. B) She was given instructions by Athena to make a burial shroud for Odysseus for his death, but Penelope didn't want him to die. C) She was never pleased with her work on the shroud, so she kept unravelling it at night to start over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Odysseus was away, other men wanted to marry her. 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