This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In King Menelaus' story in Book 4, which Hero was wrecked by Poseidon driving his ship upon the rocks of Gyrae. Poseidon split the ledge he was standing on so that he fell back into the brine and perished? A) Odysseus. B) Menelaus. C) Ajax. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ajax. 2. In The Odyssey, Part 2, why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors? A) Odysseus does not have good weapons. B) The suitors are clever and daring. C) Odysseus has grown old. D) There are far too many suitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are far too many suitors. 3. From paragraphs 14-20, the dialogue between Telemachus and Penelope becomes more-(6.8C) A) Serious and unreasonable. B) Dishonest and suspicious. C) Affectionate and respectful. D) Offensive and tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affectionate and respectful. 4. When Odysseus wants to leave Circe's island, she tells him he must go to ..... A) The land of the giants. B) The land of the cyclops. C) The Land of the Dead. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Land of the Dead. 5. What is missing in the following:The line at the grocery store is very long. 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: E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. 6. Whose island is so bright at night that a man can work all around the clock? A) The Laestrygonians'. B) Circe's. C) Phaeacia. D) Calypso's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Laestrygonians'. 7. Who are the suitors trying to marry Penelope? A) Poseidon. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Suitors 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suitors 1 and 2. 8. Which one is NOT one of the traits of an epic hero? A) Is significant and glorified. B) Is good at fighting dragons. C) Performs brave deeds. D) Is on a quest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is good at fighting dragons. 9. The islanders are ..... A) Hostile. B) Friendly. C) Neutral. D) Annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly. 10. What does Circe do to Odysseus's men? A) Turns them into bugs. B) Turns them into birds. C) Turns them into goats. D) Turns them into pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turns them into pigs. 11. Something unusual about him was that he was A) Deaf. B) Unable to speak. C) Lacking two hands. D) Blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blind. 12. In the opening lines, Homer has Zeus speaking of Aegisthus and Orestes. What point is he making by using this story? A) The idea of suffering being neccesary. B) The idea of revenge and balance through an eye for an eye. C) The idea that men should not blame the gods for all their troubles. D) The idea that mortals are getting more immoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The idea that men should not blame the gods for all their troubles. 13. When Telemachus calls an assembly to help save Ithaca from the suitors, where is Penelope? A) Ithaca. B) Troy. C) Health. D) Piles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ithaca. 14. How did Odysseus help bring about the end of the war in Troy? A) He mediated a couple's counseling session between Menelaus and Helen. B) He tricked Helen into returning to Melelaus. C) He came up with the plan to trick the Trojans with the Trojan Horse. D) He defeated the King of Troy in combat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He came up with the plan to trick the Trojans with the Trojan Horse. 15. Why is it important that Odysseus' "fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim" ? A) To show that his story is unique. B) To show that his story is familiar. C) To show that his story is well-known to the people of Ithaca. D) To show that his story is known by the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show that his story is known by the gods. 16. What is The Odyssey? A) An epic poem detailing the 10-year return of Odysseus from the Trojan War. B) The most powerful ship in the Aegean Sea. C) An epic poem, attributed to Homer, detailing the account of The Trojan Wart. D) The song the most famous bard in Greek was known for singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An epic poem detailing the 10-year return of Odysseus from the Trojan War. 17. (n.) one who flees or runs away; (adj.) fleeting, lasting a very short time; wandering; difficult to grasp A) Prophecy. B) Ponderous. C) Fugitive. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fugitive. 18. Who is the protagonist in the book? A) Eurylochus. B) Odysseus. C) Circe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 19. What is the following an example of: "Aeolus, Keeper of the Winds" A) Hubris. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 20. Character who refused to inform sailors of their impending death A) Odysseus. B) Circe. C) Cyclops. D) Charybdis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. ← 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