This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Son of the King of Ithaca A) Demodocus. B) Elpenor. C) Eurylochus. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telemachus. 2. God of the Sea A) Ithaca. B) Nymph. C) Poseidon. D) Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 3. What is the social code of ancient Greece that demanded showing kindness to strangers? A) Arete. B) Nemesis. C) Hubris. D) Xenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xenia. 4. We were soaking wet after carrying in the groceries. The ..... was unleashed from the sky before we could finish. A) Profusion. B) Provision. C) Adversary. D) Squall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squall. 5. Heroic courage; bravery A) Valor. B) Contending. C) Poseidon. D) Ordained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valor. 6. Character who weaves a burial shroud by day and takes it apart by night A) Scylla. B) Penelope. C) Circe. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penelope. 7. The following line from The Odyssey, is an example of which literary device? "Her mind in torment, wheeling like some lion at bay, dreading the gangs of hunters closing their cunning ring around him for the finish." A) Allusion. B) Epic Simile. C) Epithet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Simile. 8. Which god was angry with Odysseus for blinding his son? A) Hermes. B) Apollo. C) Poseidon. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 9. "And now it is my turn to incur the envy of you gods for living with a mortal man ..... " Who said this and to whom? A) Penelope to Zeus. B) Calypso to Zeus. C) Calypso to Hermes. D) Athena to Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso to Hermes. 10. To which Greek God is the Olympic games dedicated to? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Hades. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeus. 11. Who is condemned for eternity to try (and fail) to push a boulder up and over a hill A) Heracles. B) Sisyphus. C) Tantalus. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sisyphus. 12. "They jumped up and crowded around, egging Irus on and cheering drunkenly as Odysseus tucked up his rags." Part A:What does egging mean as it is used in this context? A) Encouraging. B) Warning. C) Watching. D) Fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouraging. 13. To get home, Odysseus and his men have to sail ..... Charybdis and Scylla. A) Across. B) Underneath. C) Between. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 14. What does Odysseus see in the Land of the Dead that frightens him? A) The prophet Tiresias. B) His wife. C) His father's friend. D) His mother's face. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His mother's face. 15. What monster is best described as a whirlpool? A) Sirens. B) Scylla. C) Charybdis. D) ALL of the answers!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charybdis. 16. After Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag of wind, what do Odysseus' men do that delay their trip back home? A) Catch too many fish. B) Beat up Odysseus. C) Open the bag of wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open the bag of wind. 17. What does Odysseus order Telemachus to do when Odysseus gives him a signal? A) Reveal Odysseus' identity to Penelope. B) Remove armor and weapons from the hall. C) Leave Ithaca and set sail for Pylos. D) String Odysseus' great bow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remove armor and weapons from the hall. 18. Homer uses an epic simile to compare the wolves and mountain lions outside of Circe's home to ..... A) Hounds. B) Seagulls. C) A whirlpool. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hounds. 19. In the very beginning of the selection, what challenge do the warriors face? A) Intense hunger. B) Powerful storm. C) Extreme tiredness. D) Another enemy attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powerful storm. 20. Who do the cattle belong to on the Island of the Sun? A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Helios. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helios. ← 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 8The Odyssey Quiz 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books