This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As Odysseus's men row out to sea, they are endangered by the fact that Odysseus A) Moves too slowly. B) Will not leave silently. C) Hurries the departure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will not leave silently. 2. Whom does Odysseus blame when he wakes up and sees what his men have done? A) He blames himself. He feels guilty for sleeping. B) He blames Eurylochus for talking his men into eating the cattle. C) He blames Zeus for letting him sleep so long. D) He blames Helios for being a bad host. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He blames Zeus for letting him sleep so long. 3. What type of poetry is The Odyssey? A) Lyric. B) Epic. C) Emotional. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 4. Silently stood the man, guarding the ancient tomb. In this inverted sentence, which word is not in normal order? A) Stood. B) Guarding. C) Ancient. D) Tomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stood. 5. How did Odysseus prove his identity to king Alcinoos? A) By revealing the details of his journey and the scar on his leg from a boar hunt. B) By performing a magic trick. C) By reciting a poem he wrote. D) By showing a birthmark on his arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By revealing the details of his journey and the scar on his leg from a boar hunt. 6. Cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb A) Foil. B) Brazen. C) Dell. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dismember. 7. What are Scylla and Charybdis? A) Mythical gods. B) Famous landmarks. C) Sea monsters. D) Types of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea monsters. 8. What did Odysseus' men (and Odysseus himself) do all the time in this strange land? A) Sleep. B) Dance. C) Go fishing. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleep. 9. According to legend, why was the Trojan War started? A) Helen was taken by Paris. B) Zeus unleashed his fury on the city of Troy. C) Odysseus had an argument with a Trojan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helen was taken by Paris. 10. Why did the Greeks behavior while swarming in to defeat the Trojans anger the gods? A) The fighting was brutal and destructive. B) It was too late already. C) They tricked them. D) It wasn't any of their business. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fighting was brutal and destructive. 11. Whose shade of former allies or warriors does Odysseus NOT see? A) Ajax. B) Patroclus. C) Menelaus. D) Achillies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Menelaus. 12. Calypso, the sea ..... , wanted Odysseus to be her husband A) Poseidon. B) Commemorate. C) Nymph. D) Constellations. E) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nymph. 13. A squall is A) A storm. B) A fight. C) An argument. D) A scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A storm. 14. Who was the god of the wind? A) Zeus. B) Aeolus. C) Hermes. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aeolus. 15. An opponent; enemy A) Adversity. B) Adversary. C) Work. D) Revelry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adversary. 16. Examine Dialogue:How does the dialogue between Hermes and Calypso on page 108 advance the story's plot? A) Odysseus is granted freedom to return to Ithaca. B) Odysseus is rewarded with treasure and weapons. C) Odysseus remains a captive of Calypso. D) Calypso reveals her love for Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus is granted freedom to return to Ithaca. 17. How long was Odysseus away from his family? A) 20 years. B) 5 months. C) 20 weeks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 years. 18. What is the moral lesson conveyed through the encounter with the Sirens in The Odyssey? A) The importance of self-control and resisting temptation. B) The importance of giving in to temptation. C) The value of taking risks without considering the consequences. D) The need to always follow the advice of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The importance of self-control and resisting temptation. 19. "She has twelve legs, all writhing, dangling down and six long swaying necks, a hideous head on each ..... " A) Sirens. B) Circe. C) Charybdis. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scylla. 20. What does Penelope do in order to avoid marrying the suitors? A) Refuses to make the quilt. B) Undoes the quilt she knits every night. C) Marries another king. D) Makes a second quilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undoes the quilt she knits every night. ← 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