The Odyssey Quiz 42 (20 MCQs)

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1. What makes someone an epic hero?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

2. What did Queen Arete pack for Odysseus?

Correct Answer: C) All of the above.

3. To lie hidden, ready to ambush

Correct Answer: C) Lurk.

4. Why does most of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part 1 qualify as a flashback?

Correct Answer: D) Homer interrupts the story of Odysseus' journey home by having Odysseus tell Alcinous of earlier events.

5. ..... may be Odysseus's biggest strength, but ..... is one of his greatest weaknesses.

Correct Answer: B) Cunning, pride.

6. Which god is associated with very few weaknesses?

Correct Answer: C) Hermes.

7. Which achetype does Odysseus fit?

Correct Answer: B) Hero.

8. What does Odysseus build to leave Calypso's island?

Correct Answer: D) A raft.

9. The story of the Cyclops highlights Odysseus's superior ..... and wit.

Correct Answer: B) Intelligence.

10. Half woman, half bird, all evil .....

Correct Answer: B) Sirens.

11. Laurels

Correct Answer: A) A shrub with dark green leaves.

12. Arrogant Pride

Correct Answer: A) Hubris.

13. What is an epic simile?

Correct Answer: A) A long comparison.

14. Before hearing any songs or stories written of his journey, to whom does Odysseus make sacrifice and peace when he returns home?

Correct Answer: B) Poseidon.

15. What is one word you could use to describe Penelope?

Correct Answer: A) Clever.

16. Who hit Amphimedon?

Correct Answer: C) Telemachus.

17. A long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

Correct Answer: B) Epic.

18. Why is Poseidon considered a villian in the Odyssey?

Correct Answer: D) He keeps Odysseus at sea, away from home.

19. Why does Odysseus pretend to be a homeless beggar when he arrives back in Ithaca?

Correct Answer: B) He wants to see how the people and place have changed in his long absence.

20. The Odyssey is commonly thought of as the epic of:

Correct Answer: B) Journey.