This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Odysseus continue his beggar disguise when he first meets the suitors? A) He wants to give them a chance to prove themselves good. B) He just cannot understand modern fashion. C) He wants to get closer before he strikes. D) He thinks they might just leave if there is a homeless man hanging around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to give them a chance to prove themselves good. 2. Which trait of an epic hero does Odysseus show when he ties his men to the rams? A) Honesty. B) Cleverness. C) Courage. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleverness. 3. The god of the Sun A) Aphrodite. B) Hades. C) Hyperion. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperion. 4. Who is Penelope? A) The Queen of Ithaca. B) A Goddess that loves Odysseus. C) A witch who turns the men to pigs. D) A sea goddess that helps Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Queen of Ithaca. 5. "If you damage them, I must foretelldisaster for your ship and for your crew.Even if you survive, you will returnlate and humiliated, having causedthe death of all your men."What is the "them" in the first line? A) The Sirens. B) Helius's Cattle. C) Scylla and Charybdis. D) Nausicaa and Alcinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helius's Cattle. 6. In which activity would you be most likely to apply tactics? A) Participating in ballroom dancing. B) Playing a game of chess. C) Playing a guitar solo. D) Knitting a scarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playing a game of chess. 7. Why is the end of CH 3 ironic compared to the beginning:hint when the men rejoice and cry upon meeting back with one another. A) At first the men were acting like pigs but now they are pigs. B) The men wanted gold at the beginning but now they don't. C) If the men had been that loyal to each other at the beginning, they would have been home. D) At first they didn't know Circe, but now they live with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the men had been that loyal to each other at the beginning, they would have been home. 8. King of the Phaeacian Shore A) King Alcinous. B) King Antiphates. C) King Odysseus. D) King Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alcinous. 9. Epic heroes usually receive help from whom? A) Parents. B) Police. C) Gods. D) Other heroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gods. 10. True or False:A well written essay that makes sense is coherent A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The cruelest of the suitors A) Telemachus. B) Laertes. C) Odysseus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antinous. 12. Who intervened and saved Odysseus before he met Circe? A) Calypso. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hermes. 13. What did Athena do so Telemachus would return safely? A) She carried him home while he was sleeping. B) She whispered to Telemachus in his sleep to take a different route home. C) She had Odysseus meet his ship and bring him home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She whispered to Telemachus in his sleep to take a different route home. 14. Who was the narrator in the introduction of The Odyssey? A) Odysseus. B) The Muses. C) Homer. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homer. 15. What is the name of the last island that Odysseus landed on before he returns to Ithica? A) Thrinacia. B) Wow. C) Health. D) Sicily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Health. 16. Who is the author of The Odyssey? A) Plato. B) Virgil. C) Aristotle. D) Homer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homer. 17. As they travel through the land of the Sirens, how do Odysseus' men avoid falling under the Sirens' spell? A) Odysseus ties them up. B) Odysseus plugs their ears. C) They look only at their oars. D) They listen only to Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus plugs their ears. 18. What story came before Odyssey? A) The Trojans go to war. B) The Iliad. C) The Lilac. D) Homor's Dispositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Iliad. 19. Where is Odysseus at the beginning? A) Troy. B) Island of the Cyclopes. C) Wow. D) Health. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Health. 20. Which character trait does Odysseus display when he listens to the Sirens' song? A) Self-sacrifice. B) Laziness. C) Selfishness. D) Loyalty to Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-sacrifice. ← 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 9The Odyssey Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books