This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Penelope test Odysseus after he defeats the suitors? A) She wants to see if he is still strong. B) She wants to see if he is still smart. C) She wants to make sure it is truly him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wants to make sure it is truly him. 2. Part B:Which piece of evidence best supports the inference in Part A? A) "When he heard what had happened". B) "He reacted with cold fury". C) "I'm not going to help a man they hate". D) "Never come back!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I'm not going to help a man they hate". 3. God and patron of many things, including archery, music, prophecy, and medicine; often associated with the sun. A) Athena. B) Artemis. C) Apollo. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apollo. 4. The ravenous man inhaled his food in a ..... manner. A) Beguiling. B) Scarce. C) Foreboding. D) Swinish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swinish. 5. An elaborate simile described at length A) Epithet. B) Epic Simile. C) Hubris. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Simile. 6. This is a long poem about the adventures of a hero. It also means impressively great. A) Hubris. B) Homer. C) Epic. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 7. Which words best describe Antinous in Scenes 3 and 4? A) Angry and violent. B) Quiet and discouraged. C) Rude and demanding. D) Happy and pleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rude and demanding. 8. Polyphemus (the Cyclops) is the son of ..... A) Zeus. B) Odysseus. C) Poseidon. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poseidon. 9. The ..... fruit was so juicy and flavorful that it left a delightful taste in my mouth. A) Lasts. B) Bitter. C) Luscious. D) Rancid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luscious. 10. What was Scylla in the Odyssey? A) A friendly mermaid. B) A giant octopus. C) A six-headed sea monster. D) A three-headed dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A six-headed sea monster. 11. Where is Odysseus at the end of Part II of the Odyssey? A) Helio's island. B) Floating in the sea. C) Calypso's island. D) Circe's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso's island. 12. What has Odysseus asked Nausikaa? A) To direct him to town and give him a rag to throw around him. B) He wants her to become his wife. C) He asks her to leave him alone. D) To direct him to a local tavern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To direct him to town and give him a rag to throw around him. 13. Who was Odysseus's son (now an adult in The Odyssey)? *It was in the background packet ..... A) Hector. B) Agamemnon. C) Telemachus. D) Priam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telemachus. 14. The back and bottom part of a person's neck. A) Bane. B) Sojourn. C) Nape. D) Mendicant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nape. 15. What did Athena transform Odysseus into? A) A stone statue. B) An old beggar. C) A beautiful woman. D) A young shepherd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An old beggar. 16. Achilles was known for his A) Good looks. B) Speed. C) Love of Trojan women. D) None f the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed. 17. His comments were positively ..... A) Stealth. B) Vile. C) Foreboding. D) Swinish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vile. 18. In the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, why does Odysseus sail to the faraway mysterious shore? A) He believes it will be safer there. B) He thinks he will find food there. C) He wants to know who lives there. D) He hopes to catch a monster there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to know who lives there. 19. True or False:a knight asking the king desperately for help is invoking aide A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Who was the wife of Odysseus? A) Anticlea. B) Penelope. C) Helen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penelope. ← 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