This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 79 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "If anyone goes near themin ignorance, and listens to their voices, that man will never travel to his home, and never make his wife and children happyto have him back with them again."Whom is Circe describing? A) The six heads of Scylla. B) Scylla and Charybdis. C) The Sirens. D) The cattle of the sun god. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sirens. 2. The following is an example of which literary device: "Circe, a powerful goddess" A) Epithet. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 3. Profusion A) A large supply or abundance. B) Difficulties or misfortune. C) Compensation. repayment. D) Passion, enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large supply or abundance. 4. Anticlea died of a broken heart. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What do you call it when one text makes a reference to another text? A) Allusion. B) Archetype. C) Extended Metaphor. D) Monomyth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 6. Theme is open to interpretation by the reader A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What is the name of the six headed, twelve tentacled monster? A) Scaryera. B) Polyphemus. C) Charybdis. D) Scylla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scylla. 8. Which goddess helps Odysseus throughout his journey? A) Circe. B) Athena. C) Queen Penelope. D) Siren Singers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 9. Windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter A) Precipitous. B) Indignant. C) Barren. D) Gale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gale. 10. What part of the Hero's Journey is Telemachus on? A) Call to Adventure. B) Abyss. C) Return. D) Challenges and Temptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Call to Adventure. 11. The ruler of the gods A) Zeus. B) Poseidon. C) Odysseus. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zeus. 12. The deeper message or central idea in a text; the universal idea that applies to all human beings A) Foil. B) Topic. C) Homeric simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 13. Circe warns that men who listen to the song of the Sirens will A) Turn into pigs. B) Crash on the rocks. C) Think of their wives. D) Obey Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crash on the rocks. 14. What do the men find in the cave after climbing the cliffs of the mysterious shore? A) A cave filled with food and drink. B) A dense forest of trees. C) A harbor occupied by enemy ships. D) A group of vines that hide the shepard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cave filled with food and drink. 15. A place that is protected A) Stronghold. B) Ponderous. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stronghold. 16. What does Odysseus describe as "the most heartrending sight I saw/in all the time I suffered on the sea" ? A) The Sirens. B) The death of Elpenor. C) His men being eaten by Scylla. D) His ship being destroyed by Charybdis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His men being eaten by Scylla. 17. According to this text, what lesson did Odysseus need to learn in order to return home safely? A) Patience. B) Wisdom. C) Humility. D) Self-discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-discipline. 18. Which characters fit the wicked temptress archetype? A) Penelope and Athena. B) Athena and Calypso. C) Scylla and Charybdis. D) Circe and Calypso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circe and Calypso. 19. What has happened to Aegisthus? A) He has been killed. B) He has been on a long journey. C) He has helped Odysseus. D) He has been wounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has been killed. 20. What did Circe give to Odysseus to protect him from her spells? A) A magic potion. B) A golden wand. C) A black sheep. D) An herb called Moly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An herb called Moly. ← 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