This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 89 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the reason why Odyssey was stranded away from his home after Trojan war? A) He angered god Poseidon by blinding his son Cyclops. B) He angered god Cyclops by blinding his son Poseidon. C) He made Athena jealous by loving Calypso. D) He made Calypso jealous by loving Penelope. E) He did not come to T. Wayne's class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He angered god Poseidon by blinding his son Cyclops. 2. Who ordered the suitors to allow Odysseus in disguise to use to bow? A) Telemachus. B) Penelope. C) Zeus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemachus. 3. In which scene from the Odyssey does Odysseus most clearly demonstrate Arete through a display of quick wits and cunning? A) The encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus. B) The encounter with Circe. C) The encounter with Scylla and Charybdis. D) The encounter with Tiresias in the Land of the Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus. 4. Who is Odysseus' father? A) Zeus. B) Telemachus. C) Laertes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laertes. 5. Who is the wife of Odysseus? A) Penelope. B) Scylla. C) Mrs. Odysseus. D) Helenus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penelope. 6. Who lives there? Who strokes those fires? Odysseus wondered silently. Are they friendly or lawless men? What do these thoughts reveal about Odyssesus' journey? A) He did a bad job planning his journey. B) His journey was filled with unknown things. C) Odysseus is lonely on his journey. D) He has become afraid on his journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His journey was filled with unknown things. 7. The witch who gives Odysseus advice A) Sirens. B) Athena. C) Scylla. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circe. 8. How does Telemachus react when he finally meets his father, Odysseus? A) He is angry that his father abandoned him and his mother for two goddesses. B) He is prepared to join his father in murdering the suitors in their house. C) He runs off to tell Penelope she can quit moping; her husband is finally home. D) He insists Odysseus is not his real dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is prepared to join his father in murdering the suitors in their house. 9. Who is blamed by the suitors for not choosing a husband? A) Athena. B) Nausicaa. C) Helen. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penelope. 10. Slow and clumsy because of great weight A) Appalled. B) Ponderous. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ponderous. 11. Who helps Odysseus on his quest to reclaim Ithaca? A) Poseidon. B) Athena. C) Zeus. D) Antinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 12. What happened to Odysseus' men when they drank Circe's magic potion? A) They turned into wolves. B) They turned into pigs. C) They turned into birds. D) They turned into lions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They turned into pigs. 13. Why does Athena change Odysseus into a beggar? A) To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca. B) To punish him for angering Zeus. C) To prove to Odysseus that gods have powers. D) To shame and embarrass him in front of his people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep his identity hidden in Ithaca. 14. What Goddess held Odysseus captive A) Deduction. B) Calypso. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calypso. 15. How did Odysseus try to get out of going to the Trojan War? A) Faked a leg injury. B) Mysteriously disappeared. C) Pretended like he was moving out of town. D) Pretended he was crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretended he was crazy. 16. Theme is the same thing as a big idea A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. In her ..... to catch the school bus, Liza forgot her lunch. A) Devise. B) Diminish. C) Haste. D) Suitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haste. 18. Odysseus is saved from Poseidon's fury by a sea nymph, who loans him her ..... A) Ship. B) Crown. C) Veil. D) Necklace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veil. 19. What is Odysseus compared to when he wakes up by the river? A) Mountain lion. B) An eagle. C) A goat. D) Shipmens daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain lion. 20. What is Telemachus' first reaction to the suitors' behavior in his house? A) He welcomes them. B) He ignores them. C) He confronts them and orders them to leave. D) He joins them in their revelry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ignores them. ← 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