This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who tells Penelope that the beggar who killed the suitors is Odysseus? A) Telemachus. B) Eurynome. C) Laertes. D) Euryclea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euryclea. 2. What is the meaning of the word:Soothe? A) Warn. B) Calm. C) Scream. D) Brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calm. 3. In order to achieve his Arete, Odysseus must learn how to master the concept of ..... A) Hubris. B) Humility. C) Vengeance. D) Love. E) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humility. 4. Polyphemus A) Had one eye. B) Had one ear. C) Had one arm. D) Had one leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had one eye. 5. The pirates ..... the cruise ship. A) Plundered. B) Had a nice vacation on. C) Sunbathed on. D) Captured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plundered. 6. What is Odysseus compared to when he is crying? A) A grieving woman. B) A dying soldier. C) A cunning hero. D) A mountain lion stalking its prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A grieving woman. 7. In The Odyssey, what do the Sirens use to lure sailors to their doom? A) Their delicious food. B) Their beautiful appearance. C) Their magical powers. D) Their enchanting voices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their enchanting voices. 8. Who is it? A) Poseidon. B) Polyphemus the Cyclops. C) Achilles. D) A Lotus Eater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyphemus the Cyclops. 9. What does Circe do? A) She traps Odysseus on her island for 7 years. B) She helps him escape Charybdis. C) She eats all of his men. D) She turns his men in pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She turns his men in pigs. 10. Who is the person that turns Odysseus's men into pigs? A) Calypso. B) Circe. C) Hades. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circe. 11. Parallel plots:When Telemachus is visited by Athena in the form of Mentes, where is Odysseus? A) Health. B) Piles. C) Sparta. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health. 12. You must ..... with your work. A) Frantically. B) Valiantly. C) Make haste. D) Hurling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make haste. 13. What is the name of Odysseus's faithful dog? A) Argos. B) Achilles. C) Ajax. D) Aeneas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argos. 14. Homer is best known for The Illiad and A) The Canterbury Tales. B) The Simpsons. C) The Odyssey. D) The Allegory of the Cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Odyssey. 15. Circe told Odysseys "Tiresius has the answers you seek." What does seek mean? A) Travel. B) Want. C) Look for. D) Find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Look for. 16. Why is Athena considered a mentor in the Odyssey? A) She tells Telemachus what to do to find his father. B) She tells Nestor what to do to find his father. C) She tells Odysseus what to do to find his father, Laertes. D) She tells Odysseus what to do to find his son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She tells Telemachus what to do to find his father. 17. The men opened Aeolus's bag of wind. Odysseus yelled, "You ..... ! What have you done?" A) Sailors. B) Fools. C) Oars. D) Gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fools. 18. When did the Minoan civilization collapse? A) 2000 B.C. B) 1450 B.C. C) 1200 B.C. D) 850 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1450 B.C. 19. An area of land; a region A) Appalled. B) Terrain. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrain. 20. Behold A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. ← 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