This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bitter widow would often break into ..... , expressing her sorrow and grief for the loss of her beloved husband. A) Lamentation. B) Celebration. C) Rejoicing. D) Euphoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamentation. 2. The sun god A) Apollo. B) Laertes. C) Helios. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helios. 3. While Odysseus was away, there were many men who tried to marry ..... A) Athena. B) His nurse. C) His daughter. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 4. His music is a ..... brew of heavy metal and punk. A) Bleat. B) Gouge. C) Heady. D) Enthralled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heady. 5. Allies of the Trojans who are slain by Odysseus' crew A) Lotus Eaters. B) White Walkers. C) Cicones. D) Laestrygones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cicones. 6. Poseidon was the ruler of A) The underworld. B) The heavens. C) The oceans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The oceans. 7. Which of event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus' crew give into temptation. After coming so close to home, Odysseus and his crew are thrown back to where they came from. Odysseus feels as if he has failed as a leader and questions his purpose in life. A) The encounter with the Lotus Eaters. B) The encounter with Aeolus' bag. C) The encounter with the Sun god's cattle. D) The encounter with the Cicones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The encounter with Aeolus' bag. 8. What is Hades? A) A message or sign sent by the gods, meant to tell the future. B) The belief that the gods regularly interacted with humans & took human form. C) The mythological underworld where people go when they die. D) The idea that events are predetermined cannot be stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mythological underworld where people go when they die. 9. Who orders a ship to be made ready for Odysseus? A) King Alcinous. B) Seareach. C) Laodamas. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alcinous. 10. Who is Poseidon? A) God of money. B) God of war. C) God of the sea. D) God of the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God of the sea. 11. What final test must Odysseus pass in order to prove to Penelope that he has truly returned? A) He must complete the test of the bow for her to see. B) He must know the secret of their bed. C) He must explain how he got his scar. D) Argos the dog must recognize him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He must know the secret of their bed. 12. The root word, graph, refers to A) A math problem. B) To jump. C) To write. D) To engage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write. 13. Which is not a conflict from Part II of the Odyssey? A) Character vs society. B) Character vs technology. C) Character vs fate. D) Character vs supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs technology. 14. What does Circe warn will be the death of Odysseus crew? A) Be tied to the mast, hands and feet, pulled tighter each time he begs to go to the island. B) Better to lose 6 men than everyone and the ship. C) A female monster with 6 heads and 12 legs; lives in a cave halfway up a steep cliff. D) If they take Helios' cattle, he will desire revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If they take Helios' cattle, he will desire revenge. 15. Which archetype would Odysseus be considered? A) Shadow. B) Hero. C) Mentor. D) Brotha' from anotha' motha'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hero. 16. When Odysseus lands in Phaeacia, where is Telmachus? A) Sparta. B) Health. C) Troy. D) Land of the Lotus Eaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sparta. 17. Odysseus has a son named A) Telemetheon. B) Telemarcus. C) Andromeda. D) Persephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telemarcus. 18. Who is the "most beautiful woman in the world" in the Odyssey? A) Helen. B) Paris. C) Troy. D) Menelaus tags9-10.RL.2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helen. 19. What was the name of the Cyclops that imprison Odysseus and his men? A) Polymetheus. B) Circe. C) Aeolus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polymetheus. 20. Who was keeping Odysseus captive on her island because she wanted to marry him? A) Penelope. B) Circe. C) Calypso. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. ← 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