This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was Heracles' mom? A) Alcmene. B) Hera. C) Athena. D) Persephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alcmene. 2. To what is Odyssey stringing his bow compared to? A) Odysseus to a wanderer. B) Odysseus to a musician. C) Strings to ship oars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus to a musician. 3. Odysseus' homeland A) Circe. B) Greece. C) Ithaca. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ithaca. 4. Feelings of great warmth or intensity A) Passion. B) Infuriate. C) Ardor. D) Coherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ardor. 5. ..... :These creatures look like beautiful women, and their song can make ships crash and men forget their homes. A) The Lotus-Eaters. B) The Sirens. C) The Six-headed Syclla. D) The Laestrygonians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sirens. 6. What is "weep" ? A) Fight. B) Struggle. C) Cry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cry. 7. Which of the following helped Odysseus to defeat Polyphemus? A) Calling on the god Poseidon. B) Offering Polyphemus' prize ram as a sacrifice to Zeus. C) Telling Polyphemus that his name is Nohbdy. D) Leaving men behind when he goes to Polyphemus's cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telling Polyphemus that his name is Nohbdy. 8. What god did Odysseus make angry? A) Poseidon. B) Hades. C) Athena. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 9. Search for information A) Inform. B) Investigate. C) Intrigue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Investigate. 10. What island is Odysseus being kept? A) Health. B) Sparta. C) Athens. D) Corinth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health. 11. She tore open the envelope and ..... read the letter. A) Frantically. B) Wrath. C) Make haste. D) Hurling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frantically. 12. Odysseus leaves Calypso's island after she helps him ..... A) Build a raft. B) Find supplies. C) Draw a map. D) Collect firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Build a raft. 13. Which attitude or talent most clearly helps Odysseus win in the bow-and-arrow challenge? A) His great skill at archery. B) His love for Penelope. C) His loyalty to the gods. D) His pride in his heritage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His great skill at archery. 14. After speaking with King Nestor, Telemachus is encouraged by Nestor to continue on his voyage to Sparta to speak with King Menelaus, who then tells him a story. King Menelaus' story in Book 4 would be considered what element of plot? A) Parallel. B) Climax. C) Flashback. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 15. The woman who keeps Odysseus captive for 7 years is ..... A) Circe. B) Calypso. C) Cardi B. D) Carmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 16. Ravage A) Excessive pride or self-confidence. B) Someone you are competing with or fighting against. C) Destroy violently; ruin. D) Person, especially a woman, who is a source of artistic inspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destroy violently; ruin. 17. What is one meaning of the Latin root-sim-? A) Sit. B) Seem. C) Stand. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seem. 18. Adjective or phrase applied to a noun to accentuate certain characteristics A) Epithet. B) Epic Simile. C) Hubris. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 19. Odysseus's ship was blown off course on his way home. What did he do that caused this? A) Bought a defective ship. B) Put in the wrong GPS coordinates. C) Made the gods angry. D) Told his crew he wanted to make a few stops on the way home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made the gods angry. 20. According to our notes, why is the character of Odysseus easy to relate to? A) He is a hopeless romantic. B) He is a brave warrior. C) He is lost in a world of choices. D) He is clever in a world of tricks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is lost in a world of choices. ← 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