This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Or is he dead already, lost in the House of Death?" A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. Who is responsible for bringing the war in Troy to and end? A) Athena. B) Odysseus. C) Zeus. D) My neighbor, Ned >:(. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 3. Refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority A) Mutinous. B) Indignant. C) Lament. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutinous. 4. There was an accident so all first responders were ..... A) Plundered. B) Dispatched. C) Squalled. D) Assuaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispatched. 5. The wife of Odysseus A) Helen. B) Athena. C) Nausicaa. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 6. What is your first impression of Odysseus? A) His a jerk. B) His big and smelly. C) He is heroic. D) He is supreme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is heroic. 7. According to our notes, how were heroes viewed in Homer's day? A) As having magical powers. B) As belonging to a special class. C) As cursed by the gods. D) As hard working citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As belonging to a special class. 8. The Odyssey is a(n) ..... poem written by Homer. A) Epic. B) Narrative. C) Sonnet. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 9. In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep? A) Odysseus and his men lack the physical strength to kill the giant. B) Odysseus' heart is moved by compassion for the foolish Cyclops. C) Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave's entrance. D) Odysseus' men convince him that Poseidon will curse them if they kill any of the Cyclopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus and his men need the Cyclops to move the stone that blocks the cave's entrance. 10. Ventured A) Tried something safe. B) Captured a bug. C) Tried something dangerous. D) Camped outdoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried something dangerous. 11. When Agamemnon and Menelaus (two Greek leaders) prepared to leave Troy, what did they argue about? A) Whether or not to welcome a stranger into their ranks. B) Whether or not to give a sacrifice to the gods. C) Whose homeland they should return to. D) Whether or not they should bury a fallen Greek warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether or not to give a sacrifice to the gods. 12. What is the name of the Cyclops Odysseus blinds? A) Polymporphus. B) Dale. C) Polyphemus. D) Polyphemur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polymporphus. 13. What is the first stage of the hero's journey? A) The Normal World. B) The Resurrection. C) The Call to Adventure. D) The Ordinary World. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Ordinary World. 14. "The man skilled in all ways of contending" is an example of this literary device. A) Invocation. B) Ambition. C) Liturgy. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 15. She moved across the field with the ..... of a cat on the prowl. A) Stealth. B) Vile. C) Beguiling. D) Scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stealth. 16. A prodigious man ..... knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge, he seemed no man at all of those who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. What metaphor does the poet use to describe the prodigious man? A) Knowing none but savage ways. B) He seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. C) A brute so huge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude. 17. In which of these episodes does Odysseus lose all his men? A) "The Cyclops". B) "The Lotus-Eaters". C) "The Sirens". D) "The Cattle of the Sun God". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Cattle of the Sun God". 18. Who must Odysseus hear a prophecy from before the witch will free him? A) Tiresias. B) Aeolus. C) Eurylochus. D) Alcinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiresias. 19. Which of these does not describe an epic? A) It's a novel. B) Type of poetry. C) Elevated language. D) Setting is vast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's a novel. 20. What advise does Circe give to save the men from the Sirens? A) Go around the Sirens. B) Find a sacrifice for them. C) Disguise your ship. D) Put wax in your ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Put wax in your ears. ← 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