This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does "famished" mean? A) Very sleepy. B) Very forgetful. C) Very hungry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very hungry. 2. Who offers Telemachus a warm welcome in Sparta even before learning his identity? A) Pisistratus. B) Nestor. C) Menelaus. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Menelaus. 3. How long is Odysseus' journey? A) 20 years. B) 50 years. C) 10 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 years. 4. Which messenger god told Calypso to let Odysseus go? A) Ares. B) Hermes. C) Apollo. D) Dionysus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 5. Who is the best person in town for Odysseus to ask for further help from? A) Antinous. B) Bored. C) Athena. D) Arete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arete. 6. What was the name of Odysseus' wife? A) Gretchen. B) Fabulous. C) Jacklyn. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 7. Penelope pretends to have moved Odysseus's ..... to test him to see if it is really him. A) Bed. B) Shield. C) Nightstand. D) Orchard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bed. 8. Who recognizes Odysseus in Menelaus's palace due to his resemblance to his father? A) Athena. B) Menelaus. C) Helen. D) Nestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helen. 9. What happens on the Island of Circe? A) The men stay for a month and tell tales. B) The men are turned into animals. C) The men blind the cyclops. D) They find the winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The men are turned into animals. 10. Odysseus makes many mistakes due to his overconfidence and pride. He eventually learns to be more humble.This is an example of what Epic Hero quality? A) Supernatural friends and foes. B) Humility earned/gained. C) Travel. D) Born into power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humility earned/gained. 11. What people fought in the Trojan War? A) Gods and Greeks. B) Trojans and Greeks. C) Italians and Greeks. D) Greeks and Asians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trojans and Greeks. 12. Why is Odysseus trapped on an island? A) He angered the sea god Poseidon. B) He is searching for his long-lost king. C) He is being pursued by a man-eating giant. D) He is under the spell of a sorceress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He angered the sea god Poseidon. 13. "An extended journey or quest" is an ..... A) Adventure. B) Epic. C) Odyssey. D) Expedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odyssey. 14. What did Telemachus use to hang the disloyal women? A) Belt. B) Ship's cable. C) Chain. D) Rope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ship's cable. 15. Circe turns some of Odysseus' men into ..... A) Goats. B) Pigs. C) Cows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pigs. 16. How does Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops cave? A) By flying. B) By digging a tunnel. C) By hiding under sheep. D) By fighting the Cyclops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By hiding under sheep. 17. What does the Greek word, xenia mean? A) Anger. B) Jealousy. C) Hospitality. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitality. 18. How long are the men trapped on Circe's island? A) 1 day. B) 1 week. C) 1 month. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 year. 19. Which of the following could be identified as a theme in the novel? A) Adventure. B) Nations at Peacetime. C) Gender Equality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventure. 20. Why might it be surprising the way Homer introduces us to Odysseus in Book V? A) He seems uninterested in returning home. B) He is moppy and appears quite pathetic. C) He appears quite happy with his situation. D) Homer refers to him in the first person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is moppy and appears quite pathetic. ← 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