This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which goddess held Odysseus on her island for 7 years? A) Cassandra. B) Athena. C) Circe. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calypso. 2. Who lives on the island of Ogygia? A) Circe. B) Calypso. C) Athena. D) Cyclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 3. Which two characters fit the loyal servant archetype? A) Circe and Calypso. B) Athena and Zeus. C) Eumaeus and Philoetius. D) Penelope and Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eumaeus and Philoetius. 4. A trap A) Peril. B) Dire. C) Snare. D) Succumb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snare. 5. The beautiful witch-goddess who changes Odysseus's men into pigs. A) Calypso. B) Circle. C) Circe. D) Calibration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circe. 6. Who was the king of Sparta visited by the son of Odysseus? A) Menelaus. B) Priam. C) Agamemnon. D) Nestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menelaus. 7. Giving something that is nonhuman human characteristics A) Metaphor. B) Epic simile. C) Personification. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. Which event from the Odyssey is described below?Odysseus receives help from Hermes who gives him a special plant to resist a spell which has already transformed his crew. Odysseus accepts help and turns an enemy into an ally. A) The encounter with Circe. B) The encounter with the Lotus Eaters. C) The encounter with Tiresias in the Underworld. D) The encounter with Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The encounter with Circe. 9. What did Athena send over Penelope's eyelids as she went upstairs with her handmaids? A) A vision of the future. B) A magical potion. C) A sense of peace. D) Sweet sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweet sleep. 10. How do Odysseus and his men escape Cyclops's cave? A) They poison him, and Cyclops dies. B) They call on Athene, and she frees them. C) They blind him and escape underneath sheep. D) They escape by knocking down the boulder with goats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They blind him and escape underneath sheep. 11. Ally Archetype A) Circe. B) Eurylochus. C) Polyphemus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circe. 12. ..... gives Odysseus a plant to protect him against Circe's spell. A) Hermes. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 13. How did the islanders greet the men? A) With smiles. B) With anger. C) With confusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With smiles. 14. What were Penelope's suitors doing while Odysseus was thought to be dead? A) Partying and spending Telemachu's inheritance. B) Fighting in the Trojan War. C) Searching for Odysseus. D) Helping Penelope provide leadership in Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partying and spending Telemachu's inheritance. 15. What goddess did Paris choose as the "fairest" A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Aphrodite. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite. 16. Which is more likely to move withhaste? A) A lion napping in the sun. B) A zebra being chased by a lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A zebra being chased by a lion. 17. The gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus are known as ..... A) Being kind and helpful. B) A family that quarrels and fights. C) Not having any powers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A family that quarrels and fights. 18. Theme is often representative of the values of the society a text was written under A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which of his own relatives does Odysseus see in the Underworld? A) Father. B) Mother. C) Wife. D) Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother. 20. Which came first ..... A) The iliad. B) The Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The iliad. ← 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