This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What physical disability was Homer believed to have? A) Not able to walk. B) Diabetes. C) Blindness. D) Loss of hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blindness. 2. How does Poseidon know who blinded Polyphemus? A) Odysseus told Polyphemus his real name as he sailed away. B) Zeus is always watching and told Poseidon. C) The other Cyclops on the island recognized him by his ships. D) One of his men turned on him and told Poseidon in a prayer hoping to be spared . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus told Polyphemus his real name as he sailed away. 3. A person who eats the flesh of other human beings A) Appalled. B) Brazen. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannibal. 4. What war does Odysseus fight in? A) The Trojan War. B) The Polynesian War. C) The Civil War. D) The Peloponnesian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Trojan War. 5. Goddess of crops; giver of grains and fruit A) Athena. B) Demeter. C) Dionysus. D) Hephaestus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demeter. 6. Scholars know exactly who Homer was, when he lived and when he wrote The Odyssey and The Illiad A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. A series of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. A) Epic. B) Narrative. C) FROM. D) Maelstrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 8. What is inverted word order? A) When words are correct in a sentence. B) When comparisons are wrong. C) When the order of words is backwards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the order of words is backwards. 9. Who are the sirens? A) Dangerous creatures, who enchant the sailor with their hair. B) Dangerous creatures, who enchant the sailor with their voices. C) A nymph who captures Odysseus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangerous creatures, who enchant the sailor with their voices. 10. Part B:Which panel from the graphic novel supports your answer? A) 12. B) 9. C) 13. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9. 11. What is being described by Polites in this direct quote: "Forgive me, my lord Odysseus, but I don't believe you saw those three screeching, scrawny vultures pecking on the bones of a thousand dead and dying sailors. Ah, those poor men-all stretched out like worshippers at a shrine." A) The Siren Singers. B) Calypso's Cave. C) Pelicata Palace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Siren Singers. 12. What do you call a comparison of two unlike things, that happens in multiple lines of a poem? A) Extended metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Archetype. D) Monomyth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extended metaphor. 13. The third stage of the Hero's Journey is called the ..... of the Call. A) Rejection. B) Denial. C) Refusal. D) Turndown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refusal. 14. Who's the main character in the epic The Odyssey? A) Odysseus. B) Cyclops. C) Zeus. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odysseus. 15. What does the term "Xenia" mean? A) The Greek term for hospitality. B) The Greek term for family. C) The Greek term for happiness. D) The Gree term for revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Greek term for hospitality. 16. Vengeance A) Permission. B) Hard work. C) Revenge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revenge. 17. Joe felt a tremendous amount of ..... when he realized he forgot to study for the big test. A) Overshadow. B) Dread. C) Jubilant. D) Murmur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dread. 18. What's the difference between myth and mythology? A) Myth is a scientific, while mythology is religious belief. B) Myth is a fictional story, while mythology is a historical account. C) Myth is a single story, while mythology is a collection of real stories. D) Myth is a traditional story or legend, while mythology is the study or collection of myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth is a traditional story or legend, while mythology is the study or collection of myths. 19. Which god/goddess seems to help Odysseus the most in Part 1? A) Apollo. B) Poseidon. C) Athena. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circe. 20. What is missing from the following:After waiting in line for three hours to ride the roller coaster. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Both subject and verb. D) Neither, but it is an incomplete thought. E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. ← 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