This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 88 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did Odysseus escape from the Cyclops' cave? A) Blinded the Cyclops and escaped by hiding under the sheep. B) Distracted the Cyclops with a song and then ran away. C) Used a magic spell to teleport out of the cave. D) Convinced the Cyclops to let him go peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blinded the Cyclops and escaped by hiding under the sheep. 2. Which sentence represents the climax of the story? A) Penelope:Don't be silly. You're too young for that, my baby. You just sail on to bed instead. B) Telemachus:How can you tell me not to rush it? I'm tired of waiting for Father to come home. Tired of watching you suffer. C) Penelope:But you're just a boy. D) Penelope:Just make sure you pack extra underwear and socks. Just in case! But not fifteen years' worth! Now get out of here and be a man!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope:Just make sure you pack extra underwear and socks. Just in case! But not fifteen years' worth! Now get out of here and be a man!. 3. Giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects as in That desk tripped me. A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. According to the selection from Tales From the Odyssey, what do the men find after climbing the cliffs at the mysterious shore?A.a cave filled with food and drinkB.a dense forest of trees and vinesC.a harbor occupied by enemy shipsD.a group of vines that hides a shepherd A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 5. What did they do to Melanthius outside the house? A) None of the above. B) Both A and B. C) Cut off his hands and feet. D) Cut off his nose and ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and B. 6. Nestor in Pylos, finally gave good news to Telemachus about his father. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which god took the lives of Odysseus's men? A) Helios. B) Hades. C) Posiden. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeus. 8. What is a long narrative poem that that traces the adventures of a hero? A) Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Epic. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 9. What are "extended comparisons that go on for several lines" ? A) Epic simile. B) Rhapsode. C) Epithet. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic simile. 10. Epic poems often begin with which of the following? A) Proclamation made by the hero. B) Epithets about supernatural beings. C) Invocation of the Muses or similar divinity. D) Ordeal, final struggle, or climax of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invocation of the Muses or similar divinity. 11. Why did Odysseus and his men have to stay away from Charybdis? A) It would pull them off course. B) It would swallow his men and they would all die. C) They would be stuck on an island forever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would swallow his men and they would all die. 12. Calm; pacify; please. A) Bereft. B) Plundered. C) Assuage. D) Titanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assuage. 13. An epithet is a brief descriptive phrase that emphasizes an important characteristic of a person or thing. Which of the following is an example of an epithet? A) The faithful Penelope. B) Odysseus is a brave warrior. C) I once met a cat named Garfield. D) Snoopy is Charlie Brown's best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The faithful Penelope. 14. Teeming A) To be on a team. B) To be filled with many of something. C) To make a cup of tea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be filled with many of something. 15. Who tried to save his life by catching hold of Odysseus's knees? A) Phemius. B) Medon. C) Euryclea. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phemius. 16. Who is the person that keeps Odysseus on his island for 7 years? A) Hera. B) Circe. C) Calypso. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calypso. 17. "Odysseus! Come here! You are well-knownfrom many stories! Glory of the Greeks!"Who says these lines? A) Athena. B) Calypso. C) Circe. D) The Sirens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sirens. 18. What is the birthplace of democracy? A) Italy. B) Troy. C) Sparta. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athens. 19. Mustered means ..... A) Fighting. B) Food. C) Gathered. D) Sails. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gathered. 20. Who is Argus? A) One of the suitors who attacks Odysseus. B) Odysseus's son who doesn't recognize his dad. C) Odysseus's dog who dies when he hears his voice. D) None of above. 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