This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the author of The Odyssey A) Shakespeare. B) Homer. C) Plato. D) Virgil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer. 2. The people of the land where Odysseus and his men landed ate only ..... and Odysseus' men began to eat them, too! A) Flowers. B) Fish. C) Leaves. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers. 3. "He led the way, and Pallas Athena followed into the lofty hall." A) Epithet. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 4. How does Odysseus receive the news that Calypso will assist him in getting off the island and heading home to Ithaca? A) With sadness, knowing that she loves his company and will be alone when he leaves. B) With absolute elation, he cannot imagine anything better!. C) With skepticism. After all this time why now?. D) With disbelief. After so much time and suffering he finds assistance, and the possibility of getting home, almost impossible to imagine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With skepticism. After all this time why now?. 5. Who was Penelope in the Odyssey? A) The wife of Odysseus and the queen of Ithaca. B) The daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom. C) A Trojan princess who fell in love with Odysseus. D) A nymph who helped Odysseus on his journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wife of Odysseus and the queen of Ithaca. 6. How did Penelope test Odysseus? A) She told the maid to make up Odysseus's bed outside their room to see what Odysseus's reaction would be. B) She told Odysseus that she needed him to string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 socket rings. C) She asked Odysseus to tell her private information that only Odysseus would know. D) She asked Odysseus to come look at the bed that Odysseus built with his own two hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She told the maid to make up Odysseus's bed outside their room to see what Odysseus's reaction would be. 7. Events prove that it was quite unfortunate for Odysseus to A) Have himself tied to the mast. B) Urge his men to row hard past Charybdis. C) Remind his men of how they had escaped the Cyclops. D) Leave his men in order to pray on the island of the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leave his men in order to pray on the island of the Sun. 8. Is Penelope still waiting at home for her husband (Odysseus) to return? A) Yes!. B) No!. C) We never learn this from the story. D) She did at first, but then stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes!. 9. What effect do the lotus flowers have on the 3 warriors? A) They make them become violent. B) They make them forget the past. C) They make them become very ill. D) They make them sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They make them forget the past. 10. Enormous, huge A) Mammoth. B) Squall. C) Cherish. D) Plunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mammoth. 11. Why does Polyphemus fall asleep? A) He's tired from his day in the field. B) Odysseus makes him drunk. C) Odysseus poisons him. D) It's nighttime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus makes him drunk. 12. Who prays to Poseidon to curse Odysseus? A) A siren. B) The Cyclops. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Cyclops. 13. In a smithy, one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam-the way they make soft iron hale and hard:just so that eyeball hissed around the spike. What metaphor describes the hot spear in the Cyclops' eye? A) A white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam. B) The way they make soft iron hale and hard. C) Just so that eyeball hissed around the spike. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A white-hot axehead or an adze plunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam. 14. Heavy; in a clumsy way; bulky A) Ponderous. B) Implacable. C) Aloof. D) Tremulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ponderous. 15. Odysseus fights monsters, receives helps from Gods, and charms enchantresses.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Supernatural friends and foes. B) Travel. C) Capable of greatness. D) Born into power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supernatural friends and foes. 16. How many years has Odysseus been away from Ithaca? A) 10. B) 15. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 17. Where does Athena direct Telemachus? A) She tells him to go to Troy and Sparta. B) She tells him to go to Pylos and Sparta. C) She tells him to go to Egypt and Pylos. D) She tells him to go to Troy and Pylos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She tells him to go to Pylos and Sparta. 18. Odysseus originally tells Polyphemus his name is A) Odysseus. B) Nobody. C) Everybody. D) Somebody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nobody. 19. Rancor A) Bitter hatred; ill will. B) Commotion, uproar, confusion. C) A large supply or abundance. D) In an extremely unpleasant or disgusting manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitter hatred; ill will. 20. What problem is foreshadowed in the prologue? A) Odysseus will die. B) All of Odysseus' men will die. C) Odysseus will never get home. D) Odysseus will stay with Calypso forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of Odysseus' men will die. ← 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