This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. King of the Laestrygonians A) Antiphates. B) Hermes. C) Sparta. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antiphates. 2. Who is the sorceress that turns Odysseus' men into pigs in the Odyssey? A) Circe. B) Hera. C) Athena. D) Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe. 3. How does Odysseus outperform the Phaecian athletes? A) Shooting a bow. B) Throwing a spear. C) Hurling a discus. D) Running a race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurling a discus. 4. A sudden feeling of disgust or loathing A) Profusion. B) Desolation. C) Foreboding. D) Revulsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revulsion. 5. What is the meaning of the word 'odyssey'? A) A long and difficult journey. B) A heroic battle. C) A beautiful poem. D) A powerful god. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A long and difficult journey. 6. Who is the king of the Phaeacians? A) Polyphemus. B) Circe. C) Alcinous. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alcinous. 7. Who came up with the idea of The Hero's Journey? A) Homer. B) Joseph Campbell. C) William Shakespeare. D) Your textbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Campbell. 8. If a person showed wrath toward the enemy, which of the following must be true? A) He showed intense fear. B) He showed good manners. C) He showed extreme anger. D) He showed poor judgement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He showed extreme anger. 9. What must you cross to get to the underworld? A) A mountain. B) A river. C) A battlefield. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A river. 10. To make or produce something A) Create. B) Heart. C) Dream. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create. 11. Character motivation:the reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a certain way What was Odysseus' motivation? A) To save Penelope from the suitors. B) To have fun. C) To get back home to Ithaca and his family. D) To win the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get back home to Ithaca and his family. 12. What was Odysseus' transformation? A) Beginning:Not a smart person End:Intelligent. B) Beginning:cocky, arrogant, overly proud leader End:learns humility, becomes humble. C) Beginning:weak and manipulative leader End:stronger and quieter. D) Beginning:happy to see his family End:Misses his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beginning:cocky, arrogant, overly proud leader End:learns humility, becomes humble. 13. Which of following shows that Odysseus is clever? A) He listens to the Sirens. B) He fights in the Trojan War. C) He tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbdy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He tells the Cyclops his name is Nohbdy. 14. What does contending mean? A) Gathered. B) Fighting. C) Food. D) Sails. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fighting. 15. V. calm; pacify. A) Dispatched. B) Tempt. C) Assauge. D) Urged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assauge. 16. Why does Nausikaa go to the river to wash linens? A) To help her maids wash up. B) To be clean and seem more appeasing to suitors. C) To laze around. D) To have a girls day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be clean and seem more appeasing to suitors. 17. Textual evidence should be: A) Reiterating a point from the text. B) A specific quotation taken from the text. C) Giving a short recap of the text. D) Put into your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A specific quotation taken from the text. 18. To trick the Cyclops, Odysseus lies and says his name is ..... A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Somebody. D) Nobody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nobody. 19. How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Sirens' enchanting voices? A) They used earplugs and blindfolds. B) They sang louder than the Sirens' voices. C) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. D) They wore noise-cancelling headphones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. 20. The root word, capt, means A) Filled to the point of overflowing. B) Head, chief, or leader. C) Competitor or challenger. D) Actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head, chief, or leader. ← 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