This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Greeks won the war with the use of the Trojan ..... A) Rabbit. B) Horse. C) Dog. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 2. How long is Odysseus on Circe's island? A) 1 year. B) 5 years. C) 7 years. D) 10 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 year. 3. What is the purpose of the Sirens' songs? A) To lure sailors to their deaths. B) To warn sailors of dangerous waters. C) To entertain sailors during their journey. D) To guide sailors to their destination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lure sailors to their deaths. 4. Enormous strength, size or power A) Mammoth. B) Insidious. C) Squall. D) Titanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Titanic. 5. Of the following gods, which one sided with the GREEKS during the Trojan War because they are a seafaring people? A) Poseidon. B) Aphrodite. C) Artemis. D) Ares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 6. Telemachus had been away from home looking for his father Odysseus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Who falls in love with Odysessus and traps him on her island? A) Athene. B) Circe. C) Calypso. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. 8. Which god is angered by Odysseus blinding Polyphemus? A) Athena. B) Poseidon. C) Zeus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 9. Treacherous; sneaky or betraying A) Bereft. B) Squall. C) Insidious. D) Dispatched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insidious. 10. Odysseus & Penelope's ..... is built around a tree; this is how Penelope knows that the real Odysseus has returned. A) Bed. B) Dresser. C) Mirror. D) Altar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bed. 11. What is missing from the following:He fell. 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. 12. What happened to Odysseus once he left Calypso's island? A) He safely sailed home. B) Poseidon wrecked his ship. C) The whirpool, Charybdis, tried to drown him. D) Calypso tried to bring him back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon wrecked his ship. 13. Part B Which of these excerpts best supports the answer to Part A? A) " I came / to this wild place, directed by Athena, / so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies.". B) " How can two men / do battle with a houseful in their prime?". C) "You must think hard if you would conjure up / the fighting strength to take us through.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) " How can two men / do battle with a houseful in their prime?". 14. What role BEST FITS Poseidon in the Odyssey? A) Temptress. B) Mentor. C) Willian. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Willian. 15. The name of this painting is the (a) A) A Death of Socrates. B) End of Philosophy. C) Last Supper. D) Downfall of Socrates. E) End of an Era. F) Death of Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Death of Socrates. 16. What did the suitors do after Odysseus had strung the bow? A) Went for a walk. B) Went to sleep. C) Left the house. D) Made their drink offerings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made their drink offerings. 17. What is Helios the god of? A) Love and beauty. B) Seas and rivers. C) Wisdom and warfare. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 18. Which place is the home of Zeus and the other gods? A) Olympus. B) Ithaca. C) Health. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olympus. 19. What is Odysseus's main goal throughout the story? A) To defeat the Trojans. B) To marry Helen. C) To get revenge on Hera. D) To get home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get home. 20. How did the ancient Greeks greet strangers? A) They treated them rudely by throwing dirty socks at them. B) They treated every stanger well becuase they thought the stranger could be a god in disguise. C) They didn't care one way or the other. I don't talk to strangers!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They treated every stanger well becuase they thought the stranger could be a god in disguise. ← 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