This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 91 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the villian in this monomyth? A) Poseidon. B) Athene. C) Odysseus. D) Circe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poseidon. 2. Who is Hermes? A) The messenger god. B) The god of the sea, water, and earthquakes. C) The god of wisdom and war strategy. D) The king of the Olympian gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The messenger god. 3. Who do the Packers need to beat to go to the Super Bowl? A) The Atlanta Falcons. B) The Chicago Bears. C) The Atlanta Braves. D) The New England Patriots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Atlanta Falcons. 4. Behave in a certain way A) React. B) Recoil. C) Recall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) React. 5. Telemachus was quite sure his plan would be successful. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. An example of a Homeric simile is:*It was in the Background packet ..... A) "She is as thorny as a rose bush, consumed with her anger.". B) "And life is too much like a pathless wood/Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs". C) "She brushed it (an arrow) away from his skin as lightly as when a mother/Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.". D) '' From the earth thou springest/Like a cloud of fire". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "She brushed it (an arrow) away from his skin as lightly as when a mother/Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.". 7. How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens' song? A) He has his men bind him to the ship's mast. B) Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him. C) He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim to the Sirens' island. D) He isn't able to listen safely to their song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has his men bind him to the ship's mast. 8. Where is Telemachus's first stop? A) Piles. B) Neleus. C) Troy. D) Taichung. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neleus. 9. A short phrase used to describe a character or a place. A) Methaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 10. Showing good judgment and caution; sensible A) Guile. B) Behold. C) Disdain. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prudent. 11. Odysseus would best be described a ..... A) God. B) Titan. C) Immortal. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King. 12. Why did the critic Robert Graves believe Homer to be a female storyteller? A) Female characters were immortals. B) Female characters had important roles. C) Female characters were victorious in the end. D) Female characters were the smartest of all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female characters had important roles. 13. Enemy; Opponent A) Lugger. B) Divers. C) Adversary. D) Weird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adversary. 14. Who is Helen of Sparta? A) The Wife of Menelaus who is abducted by Paris. B) The cunning wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. C) A wise and trusted counselor often used as a disguise by Athena. D) The most ill-behaved suitor of Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Wife of Menelaus who is abducted by Paris. 15. This character starts as an enemy but turns into an Ally A) Poseidon. B) Polyphemus. C) Circe. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circe. 16. Who is the main character's mother? A) Penelope. B) Euryclea. C) Anticlea. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anticlea. 17. " ..... he (Polyphemus) seemed rather a shaggy mountain" (906). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. What is the role of mnemonic devices in the recitation of the 'Odyssey'? A) They help the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative. B) They turn men into pigs. C) They help in taking back the throne. D) They create close encounters with man-eating giants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They help the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative. 19. To form a mental picture of someone or something. A) Television. B) Picture. C) Visualize. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visualize. 20. Athena disguises Odysseus as a ..... when he returns home to Ithaca. A) Sailor. B) Beggar. C) Suitor. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beggar. ← 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