This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 109 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 109 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The person that wins Penelope's contest will get A) To marry her. B) Money. C) A new boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To marry her. 2. How is the topic of Justice developed in the final chapter of the Odyssey? A) Odysseus slays Penelope's suitors and restores order to his house. B) Odysseus reveals himself to his son Telemachus. C) Odysseus is able to pass the test of the bow. D) Odysseus convinces Penelope he has returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus slays Penelope's suitors and restores order to his house. 3. Bliss A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 4. What did Odysseus do to all men who are trying to marry his wife? A) He asks them to leave. B) He gives them presents. C) He kills them all. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He kills them all. 5. How many years did Odysseus spend on the island of Ogygia? A) Seven. B) Five. C) Three. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven. 6. Who are the friendly group that offers Odysseus's men a sweet treat (flower). A) Lotus Eaters. B) Libertarians. C) The Dark Brotherhood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lotus Eaters. 7. The man showed his ..... for dogs as he rolled up a newspaper. A) Guile. B) Behold. C) Disdain. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disdain. 8. Why are the people feasting in Odysseus' palace? A) They want to be entertained by the servants. B) They want to meet Telemachus. C) They want to see the inside of the palace. D) They want to meet and marry Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They want to meet and marry Penelope. 9. Which word means to swing back and forth? A) Pleading. B) Brandish. C) Brute. D) Libation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brandish. 10. Took goods by force. Looted. A) Mammoth. B) Plundered. C) Dispatched. D) Squall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plundered. 11. What is the author's reasons for writing? A) Epithet. B) Characterization. C) Author's purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's purpose. 12. What type of tree does Odysseus make the bed of? A) Maple. B) Apple. C) Birch. D) Olive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olive. 13. Allies of the Trojans who are robbed and slain by Odysseus' crew A) Lotus Eaters. B) Blue Walkers. C) Cicones. D) Laestrygones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cicones. 14. Which event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus' entire crew is destroyed in a lightning storm at sea. Odysseus' desire to reach home motivates him to endure. He clings to the limb of a fig tree to avoid being swallowed by the sea and later drifts ashore. A) The encounter with the Sirens. B) The encounter with Scylla and Charybdis. C) The encounter with the Laestrygonians. D) The encounter with Zeus after Thrinacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The encounter with Zeus after Thrinacia. 15. What makes Odysseus so melancholy and weep at Alcinous' feast? A) He hears a song about the Trojan war. B) Alcinous makes him retell the his story. C) Nausicaa refuses his love and affection. D) Alcinous refuses to help him on his journey home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hears a song about the Trojan war. 16. The entire class was feeling very ..... when they found out that they had no homework for a month. A) Dread. B) Jubilant. C) Murmur. D) Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jubilant. 17. Which of these character traits does Penelope embody in the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part 2? A) Stubbornness and fear. B) Cleverness and loyalty. C) Indecision and panic. D) Weakness and longing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleverness and loyalty. 18. The old-fashioned expression "make ..... " means telling someone "Hurry! A) Devise. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haste. 19. A synonym for a lot of or plenty. A) Pensive. B) Baleful. C) Averse. D) Ample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ample. 20. Diverse; Various A) Weird. B) Sage. C) Profusion. D) Divers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divers. ← 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