This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Of great size or strength. A) Ardor. B) Titanic. C) Insidious. D) Bereft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Titanic. 2. What makes Athena an important character in the story? A) "Hero to Soldiers", she helps those in battle and helps Odysseus get home. B) She is Odysseus' friend and decides to be helpful sometimes. C) She hates her uncle, so Odysseus likes her. D) Warrior gods rock!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hero to Soldiers", she helps those in battle and helps Odysseus get home. 3. What does the word "gear" primarily refer to? A) A type of clothing. B) Equipment needed for a specific activity. C) A part of a machine that turns. D) An attitude or readiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equipment needed for a specific activity. 4. Homer is credited for writing ..... A) The iliad. B) The Odyssey. C) The iliad and the Odyssey. D) The Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The iliad and the Odyssey. 5. What is Fate? A) A message or signs sent by the gods, meant to tell the future. B) The belief that the gods regularly interacted with humans & took human form. C) The mythological underworld where people go when they die. D) The idea that events are predetermined cannot be stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The idea that events are predetermined cannot be stopped. 6. A single protester attempted to ..... a banner, but was quickly arrested. A) Unscathed. B) Unfurl. C) Brandish. D) Gouge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unfurl. 7. How does Odysseus reveal himself to Penelope's suitors? A) He completes the test of the bow. B) Telemachus introduces him to the suitors. C) Eurycleia accidentally tells the suitors Odysseus has returned. D) He reveals his scars from the Trojan war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He completes the test of the bow. 8. Ally A) Enemy. B) Comrade. C) Stranger. D) Foe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comrade. 9. Which of these is not one of the three main stages of The Hero's Journey? A) Initiation. B) Departure. C) Return. D) Special World. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Special World. 10. What did the Greeks use to tell stories? A) Books. B) Cave drawings. C) Songs. D) Scrolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Songs. 11. How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops' cave? A) Using a magic spell to teleport out of the cave. B) Blinding the Cyclops and hiding under the sheep. C) Sneaking out while the Cyclops was sleeping. D) Pretending to be friendly with the Cyclops and then attacking him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blinding the Cyclops and hiding under the sheep. 12. Where were Odysseus and his men blown to after opening the bag of winds? A) Circe's island. B) Hades. C) The land of the savage Laestrygonians. D) The island of Aeolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The land of the savage Laestrygonians. 13. What were the Muses said to provide A) Inspiration to tell stories. B) Intelligence in the arts. C) Kindness in everyday life. D) Torture in the underworld. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiration to tell stories. 14. Which of the following quotes from the passage best demonstrates that Odysseus has learned humility? A) "Princess have pity on me Please provide me with some rags to cover my body" (124). B) "I was one of the men who crouched inside that horse." (130). C) "Undo the ropes! Everything I said before was nonsense." (82). D) "Woman, what have you done? I built that bed around an ancient olive tree." (169). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Princess have pity on me Please provide me with some rags to cover my body" (124). 15. Who is Maron? A) The leader of the Phaeacians. B) The high priest of Apollo. C) King of Sparta. D) The high priest of Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The high priest of Apollo. 16. Who was Odysseus aggrieved (upset) to see in Hades? A) His mother. B) His wife. C) His son. D) His father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His mother. 17. Which god is in favor of Odysseus going home? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) Calypso. E) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 18. How did Odysseus and his men avoid the Sirens' deadly song? A) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. B) They bribed the Sirens with treasure to stop singing. C) They used earplugs and blindfolds. D) They sang a louder song to drown out the Sirens' song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to the mast of the ship. 19. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he tells the cyclops to tell everyone that Odysseus of Ithaca put out his eye. A) Tragic Flaw. B) Superhuman Capabilities. C) Divine Assistance. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic Flaw. 20. Odysseus' story to the king and queen included all of the following EXCEPT: A) His gloried at Troy. B) His time with Calyso. C) His harrowing journey to reach their island. D) How their daughter helped him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His gloried at Troy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Odyssey Quiz 1The Odyssey Quiz 2The Odyssey Quiz 3The Odyssey Quiz 4The Odyssey Quiz 5The Odyssey Quiz 7The Odyssey Quiz 8The Odyssey Quiz 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books