This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ardent A) Angry. B) Enthusiastic. C) Disagreeable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enthusiastic. 2. The herbal remedy served as an effective ..... for the poison, counteracting its harmful effects on the body. A) Antidote. B) Toxin. C) Catalyst. D) Venom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antidote. 3. A reflection of the basic values of a society A) Homeric similes. B) Myths. C) Narratives. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 4. As whom does Athena disguise herself? A) Odysseus. B) Penelope. C) Telemachus. D) Rescue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rescue. 5. Which god helps Odysseus on the island of Calypso? A) Poseidon. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 6. An extended narrative poem recounting actions, travels, adventures, heroic episodes is a(n) ..... A) Epic poem. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic poem. 7. What is the purpose in Odysseus boasting in this line?:Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war; this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim" (Homer 18-20). A) To clarify Odysseus' background. B) To establish Odysseus' credibility. C) To challenge the listeners. D) To engage the listeners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To establish Odysseus' credibility. 8. Why does everyone keep paying attention to birds during their conversations? A) The various birds and their actions are considered omens of the gods. B) They have very short attention spans. C) Bird watching was a major pastime in ancient Greece. D) They are hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The various birds and their actions are considered omens of the gods. 9. When a movie is made from a book, everything in the book will be in the movie. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The following is an example of which literary device: "the ship tossed back and forth on the waves" A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Hubris. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. How many heads does Scylla have? A) 6. B) 12. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 12. What did his sailors do when they landed in Cicones? A) Killed all the people and took what they wanted. B) Peacefully asked for food. C) Went to look for food. D) Found the Lotus fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Killed all the people and took what they wanted. 13. In the Land of the Dead, Tiresias tells Odysseus all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) For Poseidon to forgive him, he has to walk inland with an oar on his shoulder. B) Avoid harming Helios' cattle. C) He should steer toward Scylla to destroy his ship and eat his crew. D) Suitors (men) are trying to marry his wife back in Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He should steer toward Scylla to destroy his ship and eat his crew. 14. After being battered in the ocean for two days and two nights, what is the metaphor used for how Odysseus feel when he sights land? A) Like a sheep, long lost from Shepard and flock, threatened by wolves, finally reuniting with the flock. B) Like a child seeing his father returning after a long journey. C) Like a parched man stumbling across water in a desert. D) Like a child seeing his father coming out of a serious illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a child seeing his father coming out of a serious illness. 15. Deserving of scorn; despicable A) Tremulous. B) Beguiling. C) Harried. D) Contemptible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemptible. 16. In the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods A) Muse. B) Homeric simile. C) Liturgy. D) Invocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invocation. 17. Who betrays Odysseus and helps the suitors? A) Melanthius. B) Telemachus. C) Athena. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanthius. 18. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Grey-eyed goddess" A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithet. 19. Describe the personality of Odysseus. A) Proud and over-confident. B) Humble and meek. C) Shy and awkward. D) Weak and timid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proud and over-confident. 20. What was Odysseus' role on his return trip home in the Phaeacian ship? A) None, he slept. B) Rowing. C) Motivating the men. D) Using the tiller to steer the boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None, he slept. ← 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