This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At the beginning of the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, what challenge do the warriors face? A) Intense hunger. B) A powerful storm. C) Extreme tiredness. D) Another enemy attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A powerful storm. 2. What is this place? A) Ithaca. B) Baltimore. C) Naples. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troy. 3. What happens as a result of Odysseus's men feasting on the cattle that belong to Helios? A) They encounter a huge storm. B) All of Odysseus's men die. C) Odysseus's ship is destroyed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Aealous helps Odysseus, because he feels bad for his family. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Odysseus's father A) Anticlea. B) Telemachus. C) Persephone. D) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laertes. 6. What is one of Odysseus's negative traits? A) His pride. B) His wisdom. C) His jealousy. D) His strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His pride. 7. Things that are recognizable across different times and cultures are called ..... A) Epic hero. B) Epic villain. C) Archetype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 8. Why do none of Polyphemus's siblings come to help him? A) Polyphemus does not scream. B) They do not hear him screaming. C) "Nobody" hurt him. D) "Somebody" was hurting him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Nobody" hurt him. 9. "She has twelve dangling legs and six long neckswith a gruesome head on each, and in each facethree rows of crowded teeth, pregnant with death."Who is this? A) Calypso. B) The head siren. C) Circe. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scylla. 10. Circe turns Odysseus' men into ..... A) Goats. B) Pigs. C) Monkeys. D) Bunnies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pigs. 11. What type of mythological monster is Polyphemus? A) Cyborg. B) Nymph. C) Dragon. D) Cyclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyclops. 12. What is the main theme of the 'Odyssey'? A) The wrath of the gods. B) The power of the Greek Pantheon. C) The importance of hospitality. D) The dangers of excessive pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dangers of excessive pride. 13. Which episode from The Odyssey is the main focus of the excerpt from The Odyssey:A Graphic Novel? A) "The Suitors". B) "The Challenge". C) "The Lotus-Eaters". D) "The Land of the Dead". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Land of the Dead". 14. In the introduction of The Odyssey we learn that Odysseus ..... A) Returns home with only one of his ships of men. B) Is stuck wandering the sea after the war for five years. C) Has finally earned the respect of Poseidon. D) Returns home alone after all of his men were killed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Returns home alone after all of his men were killed. 15. The child was upset, so his mom tried to ..... him. A) Bereft. B) Dispatch. C) Assuage. D) Plunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assuage. 16. What challenge did Penelope set for the suitors? A) To defeat Odysseus and his servants in battle. B) To bend Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through the hole of 12 axes. C) To defeat Telemachus in a duel. D) To show that Athena gives him her blessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To bend Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through the hole of 12 axes. 17. Aeolus A) Sun god. B) Lost god. C) Wind god. D) Messenger god. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind god. 18. Small descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing A) Epithet. B) Allegory. C) Epic Theme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 19. Which person would NOT be described as an antagonist in the book? A) Odysseus. B) Polyphemus. C) Poseidon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. 20. King Alcinous is the grandchild of which god? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Hermes. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 4The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 6The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8The Odyssey Quiz 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books