This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What contrasts sharply with the suitors' careless plundering of Telemachus's home in Ithaca? A) Respect for the gods. B) Observance of divine law. C) Hospitality. D) Tact and discretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitality. 2. Who has been holding Odysseus captive on her island? A) Medusa. B) Calypso. C) Aphrodite. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 3. How many eyes did Polyphemus have? A) Five. B) Six. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 4. Who was the Prince of Troy who ran away with Helen A) Paris. B) Aeneas. C) Hector. D) Pandarus. E) Sarpedon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris. 5. After leaving the City of Cicones, a devastating storm hit Odysseus and his companions for how long? A) 12 days. B) 10 days. C) 25 days. D) 9 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9 days. 6. What specific story did Odysseus tell in book 9? A) The poking out of the eye of Polyphemus. B) His travel to meeting poseidon. C) His travel to the island of calypso. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poking out of the eye of Polyphemus. 7. Where is Poseidon in Book 1? A) Poseidon is with the Ethiopians. B) Poseidon is with the Phaeacians. C) Poseidon is on Mount Olympus with the other gods. D) Poseidon is with his son Polyphemus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon is with the Ethiopians. 8. Who did the men offend? A) Athena. B) Cyclops. C) Hades. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 9. In Part 2 Odysseus is disguised as what? A) A suitor. B) Eumaeus. C) The beggar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The beggar. 10. Odysseus is from: A) Scheria. B) Ithaca. C) Thebes. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 11. What did Hermes give Odysseus to protect him from Circe? A) A golden shield. B) An herb. C) A light saber. D) Achilles' armor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An herb. 12. Which of the Olympian gods frees Odysseus from Calypso? A) Hermes. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hermes. 13. Which event most directly contributes to the plot by setting the stage for the next part of Odysseus' journey? A) Odysseus wonders if he can trust Ino. B) Odysseus catches hold of one plank. C) Poseidon whips up a giant wave. D) Ino helps Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ino helps Odysseus. 14. What does the base word "realize" mean? A) Understand. B) Trick. C) Know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understand. 15. As Ulysses enters the home of the Phaeacians, Minerva "hid him in a thick cloud of darkness." What can be inferred about the Phaenicians from this detail? A) The Phaeacians follow the traditional code of Xenia. B) The Phaeacians are not trusting of strangers. C) Minerva trusts the Phaeacians. D) Ulysses has had conflict with the Phaeacians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Phaeacians are not trusting of strangers. 16. Which of the following is an example of an EPIC SIMILE? A) "as I sent them on toward Scylla, I/told them nothing". B) "all the sea was like a cauldron / seething over intense fire". C) "when she swallowed the sea water down / we saw the funnel". D) "our eyes / were fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "all the sea was like a cauldron / seething over intense fire". 17. How does Eurycleia identify Odysseus? A) By his scar. B) By his hand. C) By his foot. D) By his face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By his scar. 18. Young female cattle A) Plight. B) Heifer. C) Coax. D) Wretched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heifer. 19. Odysseus said, "We cannot kill Polyphemus, because we need him to move the stone." He thought of a ..... to escape from the cave. A) Clever. B) Journey. C) Spell. D) Trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trick. 20. Odysseus is an epic A) Failure. B) Protagonist. C) Poem. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hero. ← 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