This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 90 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 90 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The life and death of Argos the dog in Book 17 shows the reader the theme of ..... A) Monsters. B) Heroism. C) Loyalty. D) Youth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loyalty. 2. What is missing from the following:Once the children are done playing. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Both subject and verb. D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. E) Neither, this is a complete sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither, but this is an incomplete thought. 3. The poem begins ..... and then later, the poem will go back and explain what happened in the beginning. A) Xenia. B) In media res. C) Hubris. D) Arete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In media res. 4. A storm might ..... your plans to lounge by the pool. A) Haste. B) Thwart. C) Wrath. D) Devise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thwart. 5. Which vocabulary word matches the following definition:wide open, especially with surprise or wonder. A) Amphora. B) Cavernous. C) Agape. D) Rheumy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agape. 6. What did Odysseus do to his men so that they couldn't hear the song of the sirens? A) Tied them down. B) Knocked them out. C) Covered their ears with beeswax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covered their ears with beeswax. 7. Who is the faithful wife of Odysseus? A) Helen. B) Athena. C) Penelope. D) Calypso. E) I'm sorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Penelope. 8. What is the CAUSE in the following sentence? Athena felt bad for Odysseus, so she decided to help him A) Athena felt bad for Odysseus. B) So she decided to help him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena felt bad for Odysseus. 9. Penelope doesn't fully believe Odysseus is indeed who he claims until he provides her confidential information about what object? A) His scar. B) His shield. C) Their bed. D) Their gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their bed. 10. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus' journey back from which war? A) Spartan. B) Trojan. C) Iraqi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trojan. 11. What does Antiphates (a giant) do to Odysseus's scouts A) Crushes them. B) Eats them. C) Scares them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eats them. 12. How many men did Scylla eat? A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 13. Where is Odysseus's home? A) Troy. B) Ithaca. C) Sparta. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ithaca. 14. Dispatched A) Tried to finish something. B) Did not finish something. C) Finished something quickly. D) Finished something slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finished something quickly. 15. An enemy, opponent A) Adversary. B) Ponderous. C) Cannibal. D) Dismember. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adversary. 16. "Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor." A) Epic Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic Simile. 17. Reeled A) To catch a fish. B) Working hard. C) To fall or move very suddenly, usually from force. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To fall or move very suddenly, usually from force. 18. Who intercedes on behalf of Odysseus to bring him home? A) Aphrodite/Venus. B) Hermes/Mercury. C) Athena/Minerva. D) Zeus/Jupiter/Jove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena/Minerva. 19. Who warns Odysseus about the dangers of the Sirens? A) Circe. B) Calypso. C) Athena. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 20. Part B Which of the following phrases from the passage best illustrates the answer to Part A? A) In one motion strung the bow. B) So effortlessly. C) Like a musician, like a harper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a musician, like a harper. ← 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