This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold." This question and answer contains ..... A) Simile. B) Epic simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Consider these lines from Scene 7:SD1:Suitor after suitor attempts to string the bow. None of them can do it. Telemachus:What about you, Antinous? Antinous:Perhaps tomorrow. Now it is time for supper. Antinous's line reveals that he ..... A) Is skilled with an arrow. B) Is very hungry. C) Doesn't care about the contest. D) Knows he cannot win the contest and therefore doesn't want to compete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knows he cannot win the contest and therefore doesn't want to compete. 3. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:no longer valid; expired. A) Amphora. B) Lapsed. C) Clamored. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lapsed. 4. What quality of Odysseus is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops his name is "Nobody?" A) He is trained for battle. B) He is an effective leader. C) He is clever. D) He is courageous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is clever. 5. Helios is the god of the ..... A) Moon. B) Sea. C) Sun. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 6. Why does Penelope test Odysseus toward the end of the story? A) She wants to know if he is truly her husband. B) She wants to know more details about the Trojan War. C) She wants to see if he is still as intelligent as he was in his youth. D) She wants him to prove to the people that he is really their king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wants to know if he is truly her husband. 7. The Lotus Eaters are a threat because (a) A) A they make the men forget about home. B) They are eating the men's flesh. C) They are starting a war. D) They are luring the men to their death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A they make the men forget about home. 8. Odysseus displays the epic hero trait of superhuman strength when he ..... A) Escapes from Calypso's island. B) Kills Antinous. C) Stabs the Cyclops in the eye. D) Visits the underworld. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stabs the Cyclops in the eye. 9. They pulled towards a ..... to get out of the wind. A) Lee. B) Sage. C) Withy. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lee. 10. A long, wandering and eventful journey A) Foreboding. B) Subservient. C) Coherent. D) Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odyssey. 11. On the Island of the Cyclops, Odysseus goes by what name to trick the Cyclops? What causes him to tell him his real name as he leaves the island? A) 1. Nobody 2. Odysseus' pride. B) 1. King of Ithaca 2. A Dare. C) 1. The Odd Guy 2. Odysseus' humility. D) 1. Nothing 2. He doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. Nobody 2. Odysseus' pride. 12. What is an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects? A) Homeric simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Inference. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeric simile. 13. To scold mildly A) Lurk. B) Chide. C) Dire. D) Beguiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chide. 14. She was clever enough to ..... her classmates into doing the work for her. A) Beguile. B) Snare. C) Forebode. D) Stealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beguile. 15. A person who takes part in the action of a story is called a ..... A) Hero. B) Reader. C) Plot. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character. 16. What does Telemachus' dialogue in line 37 suggest about him? (6.8C) A) Shows how Penelope still sees his son as a child. B) Reminds the reader this story is fictional. C) Telemachus is following in his father's footstep. D) Shows that Telemachus resents his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telemachus is following in his father's footstep. 17. Who is Odysseus trying to return home to? A) Circe and Calypso. B) Zeus and Athena. C) Penelope and Siren Singers. D) Penelope and Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope and Telemachus. 18. The details in Homer's epics suggest that they were originally composed as oral narrative poems and then later captured in writing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Part A:Why does Telemachus most fear that Odysseus cannot succeed against the suitors? A) Odysseus has grown old. B) There are far too many suitors. C) The suitors are clever and daring. D) Odysseus does not have good weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are far too many suitors. 20. What does Phemius sing that causes Penelope to weep? A) He sings about the kidnapping of Helen. B) He sings about the Trojan War. C) He sings about the Achaeans return from Troy. D) He sings about the death of Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He sings about the Trojan War. ← 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