This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Towards the end of the epic, Odysseus is finally allowed to return home. What is the name of his home? A) The Underworld. B) Troy. C) Thebes. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 2. Disdain A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 3. What does Odysseus do when Demodocus sings? A) He dances. B) He runs away. C) He cries. D) He celebrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He cries. 4. How does Penelope delay her marriage to a suitor? A) She has told the suitors that she will marry once she is done weaving a shroud. At night she secretly undoes her work. B) She tells the men that they will have to participate in hand to hand combat. C) She tells them that she will never marry and that they should immediately return to their homes. D) She will pick a number out of a hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She has told the suitors that she will marry once she is done weaving a shroud. At night she secretly undoes her work. 5. How did Odysseus escape the wrath of Scylla and Charybdis? A) He was helped by the goddess Ino. B) He held his breath under the waves. C) He hung off a fig tree branch above Charybdis. D) He went back to Circe's island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hung off a fig tree branch above Charybdis. 6. What does Limpid mean? A) Free of anything that lightens; completely dark. B) Pathetic. C) Free of anything that darkens; completely clear. D) Extremely sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free of anything that darkens; completely clear. 7. What is missing from the following:Once upon a time in a land far, far away. 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: C) Both subject and verb. 8. How were most stories transmitted at the time The Odyssey was set? A) Newspapers. B) Oral Storytelling. C) Novels. D) Cave Drawings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral Storytelling. 9. In the earlier stages of Odysseus journey, what is his tragic flaw? A) Hubris. B) Anger. C) Ignorance. D) Temptation. E) Jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubris. 10. In The Odyssey, what happens to those who listen to the Sirens' song? A) They are given a treasure by the Sirens. B) They are lured to their deaths by crashing their ships into the rocks. C) They are granted eternal life by the Sirens. D) They are turned into Sirens themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are lured to their deaths by crashing their ships into the rocks. 11. What kind of conflict takes place during the scenes when Odysseus and his men must survive the storms? A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. self. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs. nature. 12. Odysseus knows he has to make a difficult choice-one which he will lose some of his men. He has to decide how to navigate through the area where ..... live. A) Scylla and Charybdis. B) Athena and Zeus. C) Circe and the Sirens. D) Antinuous and Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scylla and Charybdis. 13. Epics are: A) Traditional epics are written versions of what had originally been oral poems about a tribal or national hero during a warlike age. B) Huge parties to celebrate a specific culture. C) A vast journey a hero must go through. D) Incredible hardship of a specific culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional epics are written versions of what had originally been oral poems about a tribal or national hero during a warlike age. 14. N. craftiness; cunning. A) Realm. B) Companion. C) Guile. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guile. 15. "You will be twice-dead, when other people only die one time!"Who says this about Odysseus, and why? A) Circe, because Odysseus has been to Hades and back. B) Calpyso, because Odysseus will not accept immortality from her. C) Circe, talking about how Odysseus will escape the sirens. D) Athena, describing hos Odysseus escaped Charybdis twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe, because Odysseus has been to Hades and back. 16. Why does Circe tell Odysseus he needs to go to Hades? A) Teiresias talc. B) To talk to Hades himself. C) To talk to his mother. D) To talk to Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teiresias talc. 17. What is a means by which authors present material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative? A) Flashback. B) Imagery. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 18. Who is the god of the sea? A) Apollo. B) Poseidon. C) Hermes. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 19. Cyclops A) Someone you are competing with or fighting against. B) A story that begins in the middle. C) A long voyage or wandering. D) A one-eyed giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A one-eyed giant. 20. Who tells Penelope about the return of Odysseus? A) Telemachus. B) Athena. C) Nurse. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nurse. ← 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