This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who kept Odysseus hostage? A) Calypso. B) Zeus. C) Poseidon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calypso. 2. Which word means hospitality? A) Xenia. B) Hubris. C) Arete. D) In media res. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenia. 3. Odysseus chooses not to tell his men the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he ..... A) Worries that his men will think he is lying. B) Hopes that Zeus will appear and save his men. C) Knows that his men will panic and stop rowing. D) Fears that his men will change course. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knows that his men will panic and stop rowing. 4. What is the model epic of the journey? A) Iliad. B) Odyssey. C) Troy. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odyssey. 5. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important. A) Futile. B) Roused. C) Indignant. D) Pompously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pompously. 6. Part A:What does detest mean in this context? A) Completely ignore. B) Rarely notice. C) Constantly annoy. D) Strongly dislike. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strongly dislike. 7. What is an adjective or phrase that is used to express a characteristic of a person or thing? A) Direct characterization. B) Epithet. C) Indirect characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithet. 8. The epic hero has flaws. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Someone or something that causes great annoyance A) Bane. B) Brisk. C) Bouquet. D) Vane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bane. 10. Another name for the hero's journey is called the: A) Epic Hero. B) Epic Poem. C) Monomyth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monomyth. 11. How does Athena disguise Odysseus so that he may travel around Ithaca in secret? A) Blacksmith. B) Pig herder. C) Sailor. D) Begging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begging. 12. If the men kills Helios' cattle, they will not make their journey home. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Odysseus is loved by all of the gods except for whom? A) Poseidon hates Odysseus. B) Zeus hates Odysseus. C) Athena hates Odysseus. D) Hermes hates Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon hates Odysseus. 14. Who is this? I am the god of the sun and I love my cattle. No one dares eat my cattle. Mine! A) Helios. B) Odysseus. C) King Alcinous. D) Lotus-Eaters. E) Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helios. 15. Your sneaky younger brother might slowly ..... your stash of Halloween candy. A) Devise. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diminish. 16. What did Penelope state that needed to be finished before she remarried? A) Finish weaving. B) Finish raising her son. C) Finish her palace. D) Finish her painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finish weaving. 17. To whom does the Cyclops pray? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poseidon. 18. During which event does Odysseus lose the most men? A) Ciccones. B) Cyclops. C) Circe. D) Cattle of the Sun God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cattle of the Sun God. 19. Odysseus' journey lasts ..... years? A) 50. B) 20. C) 10. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 20. An epic hero possesses ..... strength, intelligence, and/or courage. A) Supernatural. B) Average. C) Normal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supernatural. ← 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