This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Myths explained events in ..... or significant events in ..... A) Nature. B) The Odyssey and the world. C) The Odyssey. D) Nature; the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature; the world. 2. Which goddess helps Odysseus and Telemachus in their quests? A) Aphrodite. B) Artemis. C) Hera. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 3. What does Odysseus beg the queen for when he meets her? A) Riches. B) A warm bed to rest from his travels. C) Help getting home. D) A new bride to set up a kingdom with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help getting home. 4. Who did not enter the home of Circe because he was suspicious? A) Elpenor. B) Eurylochus. C) Elios. D) Eurymachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eurylochus. 5. How long had the suitors been living in Odysseus' palace? A) 1 year. B) 2 years. C) 3 years. D) 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 years. 6. Who wrote "The Odyssey?" A) Odysseus. B) Troy. C) Agamemnon. D) Homer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homer. 7. What war did Odysseus leave home for? A) Trojan War. B) Revolutionary War. C) Athenian War. D) Frech and Indian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trojan War. 8. Who kept Odysseus on the island, detaining him from returning home to Ithaka? A) Antinoos. B) Calypso. C) Hermes. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 9. In King Menelaus' story in Book 4, which Hero is trapped on an island, deep in sorrow, in the caves of the nymph Calypso? A) Odysseus. B) Menelaus. C) Ajax. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. 10. To destroy A) Brace. B) Quiver. C) Ravage. D) Lugger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravage. 11. For Odysseus's hero journey, he left his ordinary world of ..... and went to the Trojan War. A) Sparta. B) Ithaca. C) Rome. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 12. Who advocates for Odysseus to come home? A) Athena. B) Hades. C) Hera. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 13. When Odysseus asks to try and shoot the bow, the Princes do what? A) Respect him. B) Are afraid of him. C) Make fun of him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make fun of him. 14. What was actually in the bag that Aeolus gave to Odysseus? A) Nothing. B) Gold and silver. C) Wind, sending them further from home. D) Misfortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind, sending them further from home. 15. What did Odysseus throw farther than anyone else? A) A discus. B) An arrow. C) A dart. D) A javelin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A discus. 16. A myth is a false story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "I drove my weight on it from above and bored it home like a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright's drill that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl and the drill keeps twisting, never stopping-So we seized our stake with it fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye." A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Simile. 18. Which Greek value emphasizes treating all guests with respect? A) Hospitality. B) Reciprocity. C) Fish bone. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hospitality. 19. The cunning thief skillfully ..... the valuable jewels from the display, ensuring that no one noticed their disappearance. A) Siphoned Off. B) Protected. C) Discarded. D) Returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siphoned Off. 20. A single quote can convey a theme A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 3The Odyssey Quiz 4The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 6The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8The Odyssey Quiz 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books