This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who threw the golden apple inscribed with "to the fairest" to start the argument between the goddesses? A) Paris. B) Hermes. C) Eris. D) Artemis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eris. 2. Who is Lampetia? A) The wife of Eurylochus. B) The daughter of Odysseus. C) The daughter of the Sun God. D) A nymph who captures Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The daughter of the Sun God. 3. A sudden, violent gust of wind or rain storm A) Profusion. B) Squall. C) Adversary. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squall. 4. What is Odysseus primary motivation in the story? A) To return home to his family on Ithaca. B) To please Poseidon. C) To protect his crew from harm. D) To meet new allies and conquer new enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To return home to his family on Ithaca. 5. What did Odysseus take in his right hand to test the string of the bow? A) An arrow. B) A helmet. C) A spear. D) A shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An arrow. 6. Where was Odysseus told to go first? (13) A) Eumaeus (the swine herd). B) To Athena. C) To go straight to the suitors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eumaeus (the swine herd). 7. What did the people of Pylos sacrifice for Poseidon? A) Carrots. B) Ducks. C) Dogs. D) Bulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bulls. 8. What challenge does Penelope face on Ithaca while Odysseus is away? A) She struggles with a group suitors who wish to marry her. B) She is struggling to raise Telemachus. C) She is struggling to rule the kingdom of Ithaca. D) She struggles to protect Telemachus from a group of suitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She struggles with a group suitors who wish to marry her. 9. How many women were disloyal to Odysseus's house? A) Fifteen. B) Ten. C) Twelve. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelve. 10. Struggle between opposing forces A) Epithet. B) Foil. C) Conflict. D) Epic simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 11. If people are described as fugitives from justice, which statement is most likely to be true of them? A) They are being held in jail. B) They have run away to avoid arrest. C) They have committed a minor crime. D) They have been found note guilty at trial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have run away to avoid arrest. 12. When Circe bows down to Odysseus because she was told he can resist her magic, what does that best represent? A) Odysseus as an epic hero. B) Odysseus as an intimidating figure. C) Odysseus as a source of gossip. D) Odysseus as a soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus as an epic hero. 13. This God is angry with Odysseus because of what he did to his son, Polyphemus, so he makes Odysseus's journey home very difficult A) Apollo. B) Hades. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 14. Which of the Olympian gods tries to drown Odysseus when he leaves Ogygia? A) Hermes. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 15. Menelaus is able to learn what happened to Odysseus by doing what? A) Praying to Hermes to deliver a message to Odysseus. B) Asking an oracle on a deserted island. C) Snaring the Old Man of the Sea. D) By hearing a story from another soldier who had seen him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snaring the Old Man of the Sea. 16. The homeless family was ..... of food and shelter. A) Dispatched. B) Bereft. C) Assuaged. D) Plundered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bereft. 17. King Alcinous offers, if Ulysses wants to stay: A) A right-hand position in his sentry. B) Immortality. C) His daughter in marriage. D) A whole army to command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His daughter in marriage. 18. Character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean A) Polyphemus. B) Telemachus. C) Odysseus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus. 19. What did Odysseus examine the bow for before stringing it? A) Engravings. B) Rust. C) Worms. D) Cracks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worms. 20. Adorn A) Verb:add beauty to; decorate. B) Noun:merrymaking; festivity. C) Verb:glared; stared angrily. D) Verb:is of use; helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb:add beauty to; decorate. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 3The 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