The Odyssey Quiz 51 (20 MCQs)

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1. To trap or catch

Correct Answer: B) Snare.

2. An epic simile is .....

Correct Answer: B) A long comparison over a story.

3. Who is Nausikaa the daughter of?

Correct Answer: A) Antinous.

4. Danger, risk

Correct Answer: B) Peril.

5. What happens when you diminish something?

Correct Answer: A) It becomes smaller.

6. What failure causes Odysseus and his men to lose the bag of winds Aeolus gives to them?

Correct Answer: B) Envy the men think Odysseus is taking something all for himself that they deserve to share.

7. In the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, which universal theme can be drawn from the response of Odysseus and his men to the storm?

Correct Answer: B) Never give up in the face of a difficulty.

8. Which of the Olympian gods is the patron (parental) gods of Odysseus' family?

Correct Answer: B) Athena.

9. Athena asks Zeus to .....

Correct Answer: C) Make Calypso let Odysseus go.

10. To walk slowly and in a relaxed way, with no particular purpose.

Correct Answer: A) Saunter.

11. The Lotus Eaters enticed the men to

Correct Answer: B) Stay in their land.

12. Who is the messenger god?

Correct Answer: C) Hermes.

13. How long as Odysseus been gone?

Correct Answer: D) 20 years.

14. The Greeks were also known as:

Correct Answer: C) Achaeans.

15. What did the Spartans do?

Correct Answer: B) They build a wooden horse and got through the gates of Troy.

16. The Odyssey was written by a Greek philosopher named

Correct Answer: A) Homer.

17. (a) is the theme of the class for the whole school year.

Correct Answer: A) A The Story of U.S.

18. Into what kind of animals did Odysseus' crew men were turned?

Correct Answer: D) Pigs.

19. How does Athena help Odysseus in The Odyssey?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

20. After Aeolus gave them the bag of wind, how many days and nights did Odysseus stay awake?

Correct Answer: A) 9.