This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 86 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 86 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "When Charybdis vomited all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire" select the figurative language device used in the above quote A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Sun God A) Helios. B) Ithaca. C) Poseidon. D) Calypsi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helios. 3. Who did Odysseus fling a prayer to in desperation that finally allowed him to come ashore? "I come to you like many others have, with a prayer. I am a fugitive from the sea and from Poseidon's malice. Take pity on me. I am your supplicant." A) All the gods on Olympus. B) Zeus. C) The River. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The River. 4. Polyphemus is ..... A) A Cyclops. B) Son of Poseidon. C) A brute who eats men. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. God of fire and artisans; husband of Aphrodite; he was the only "ugly" god A) Hera. B) Hermes. C) Hephaestus. D) Dionysus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hephaestus. 6. Penelope doubts Odysseus' identity so she ..... A) Helps a suitor string and shoot the bow. B) Asks Athena to prove that he is Odysseus. C) Has him tell a secret that only they know. D) Tells her servant to lock Odysseus in a room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has him tell a secret that only they know. 7. What animal was Odysseus in Penelope's dream? A) Bear. B) Dolphin. C) Eagle. D) Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eagle. 8. Deceptiveness, clever trickery A) Beguile. B) Guild. C) Guile. D) Gulliver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guile. 9. What motivates Odysseus beyond all else? A) Riches. B) Family. C) Power. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family. 10. With the wind in the bag, Odysseus sails all the way to his home. The island of ..... A) Troy. B) Ogyia. C) Ithaca. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ithaca. 11. In King Menelaus' story in Book 4, which Hero catches The Old Man of the Sea, and holds him until he gets the information about how to return home safely, and then does? A) Odysseus. B) Menelaus. C) Ajax. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Menelaus. 12. What is the Roman name for Odysseus? A) Eumaeus. B) Homer. C) Ulysses. D) Tiresias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulysses. 13. Case for Arrows A) Quiver. B) Lugger. C) Brace. D) Profusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quiver. 14. Who is the narrator speaking to in the first stanza? A) Agamemnon. B) Homer. C) Odysseus. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer. 15. What is Hermes compared to as he flies over the ocean to deliver Zeus' message to Calypso? A) A swimmer. B) A seagull. C) A hound. D) A fisherman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A seagull. 16. What did the gods have to bow down to? A) Fate. B) Lighting. C) Titans. D) Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fate. 17. A comparison by describing one thing as if it were another A) Metaphor. B) Epic Simile. C) Personification. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. The Odyssey begins where the Illiad left off. The Illiad was an epic poem that told the story of what war? A) Trojan War. B) Spartan War. C) Roman War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trojan War. 19. What did Athena do to make Odysseus look taller and more handsome? A) She changed his physical appearance. B) She gave him a new outfit. C) She convinced the Phaeacians to see him differently. D) She used her magic powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She used her magic powers. 20. What's a similarity between epics and myths? A) They are both based on historical true events. B) They are both written in modern language. C) They both focus on everyday life events. D) They both involve supernatural elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both involve supernatural elements. ← 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