The Odyssey Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who is Laertes?

Correct Answer: D) He is Odysseus' father.

2. Which Greek god is the father of Odysseus?

Correct Answer: A) Zeus.

3. Aeolus gives Odysseus

Correct Answer: C) A bag that contains and controls the winds.

4. Odysseus was best known for being .....

Correct Answer: C) Cunning.

5. If you visit someone's home, you are a .....

Correct Answer: B) Guest.

6. What heroic trait does Odysseus primarily display when he devises the escape plan?

Correct Answer: B) Guile.

7. What does King Aeolus give to Odysseus?

Correct Answer: A) A bag of winds.

8. "Where herds of the Sungod's cattle graze ..... "

Correct Answer: D) Thrinacia.

9. What is the name of the island Odysseus finally arrives on?Home of the Phaeacians.

Correct Answer: D) Scheria.

10. He clutched two men in his hands to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

11. What is a real world use of chronological order?

Correct Answer: C) Following a recipie.

12. What god warns Odysseus that Circe intends for him to drink a magic potion

Correct Answer: C) Hermes.

13. Which heroic trait is shown in Odysseus when he tells Phemius to "strike up a melody" after he kills the suitors?

Correct Answer: C) Intelligence.

14. What is the act of creating and developing a character?

Correct Answer: A) Characterization.

15. What happened to Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, when he returned home from Troy?

Correct Answer: D) He was killed by his wife and her lover.

16. Who did Odysseus reveal himself to before the fighting began?

Correct Answer: B) Eumaeus.

17. There are three main gods involved in the story. Which of them helps Odysseus the most and which one interferes the most out of revenge?

Correct Answer: C) Helpful:Athena Hurtful:Poseidon.

18. A ..... comes out of the bag and blows them away from home.

Correct Answer: B) Hurricane.

19. An epic is a(n):

Correct Answer: C) Long, narrative poem with a hero that embodies his culture.

20. Why was Odysseus annoyed when he was "facing his silent wife" for the first time in 20 years?

Correct Answer: A) Penelope didn't seem excited to see him.