This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 116 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 116 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Hermes give Odysseus moly? A) To make him stronger and able to fight Circe. B) To lure Circe away from his men. C) To protect him from Circe's evil magic. D) To deaden his emotions against her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect him from Circe's evil magic. 2. Who is waiting on Odysseus back home? A) His mother and father. B) His wife Penelope and his son. C) His favorite pet cat. D) His sister and daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His wife Penelope and his son. 3. How does Telemachus recognize his father? A) The swineherd tells Telemachus that the old man is his father. B) Odysseus tells him his story and Telemachus believes him. C) Athena reveals Odysseus to Telemachus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena reveals Odysseus to Telemachus. 4. What did the Sirens do to sailors who listened to their songs? A) Ate them alive. B) Married them and lived with them. C) Nothing, they let them go after a while. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate them alive. 5. Who was the leader of the fight on the suitors' side? A) Let's take it down. B) Amphime-don. C) Eurynomus. D) Ageless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ageless. 6. How does Odysseus show a lack of faith in his men, once he receives Aeolus' gift? A) He actually did have faith in them and put his life in their hands many times. B) He called them all cowards and thought they were weak. C) He wouldn't go to sleep or let any one but him sail the boat home. D) He wouldn't let them talk with Aeolus or form a friendship with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He called them all cowards and thought they were weak. 7. Who is the leader of Penelope's suitors? A) Antinous. B) Telemachus. C) Eurymachus. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antinous. 8. The Titanic was the largest ship anyone had seen and was truly a sight to ..... A) Guile. B) Behold. C) Disdain. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behold. 9. For Odysseus's hero journey, what god/goddess assisted him? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Hera. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 10. Who is the young man that died? A) Elemius. B) Elpenor. C) Odysseus. D) Eurylochus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elpenor. 11. Which of these do myths/mythology NOT deal with? A) Gods and Goddesses. B) Monsters. C) Supernatural Stuff. D) Superheroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superheroes. 12. What made ancient Greece a polytheistic society? A) The fact that they worshipped multiple gods. B) The fact that they didn't write things down and passed information down orally. C) The fact that they focused on philopshy and art. D) Pantheon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that they worshipped multiple gods. 13. Who overhears the suitors' plans to ambush Telemachus in Book 4? A) Pisistratus. B) Menelaus. C) Medon. D) Proteus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medon. 14. Why did the Ancient Greeks create a pantheon of gods? A) To help explain the world around them, like why natural disasters happened or why the seasons occurred. B) To teach them how to be good people. C) To scare their kids into going to bed on time. D) To explain why they lived on an island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help explain the world around them, like why natural disasters happened or why the seasons occurred. 15. At the end of The Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus are given retribution, or payback, against which group for their transgressions (dishonorable acts)? A) The gods. B) Suitors. C) Acheans. D) Cyclopses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suitors. 16. This crew memeber was suspicious of the witch and left before she could turn him into a pig A) Tiresias. B) Eurylochus. C) Citizens. D) Aeolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eurylochus. 17. Which word means to behave in a certain way because of what someone has done or said to you? A) React. B) Finally. C) Abandon. D) Collapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React. 18. What role BEST FITS Athena in The Odyssey? A) The call. B) The hero. C) The Temtress. D) The mentor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mentor. 19. Why did Odysseus leave his family? A) He was asked to by the gods. B) He was fighting in war. C) He wanted to see the world, and they did not want to come. D) He wanted a new family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was fighting in war. 20. We have met the mentor archetype. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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