This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Odyssey > The Odyssey – Quiz 93 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Odyssey Quiz 93 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by. A) Cyclops. B) Calypso. C) Scylla. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scylla. 2. Chronologically, which event happens LAST A) Odysseus faces many hardships on the way home. B) At last, Odysseus is reunited with this family. C) Odysseus leaves to fight in the Trojan War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At last, Odysseus is reunited with this family. 3. Who does Athena tell telemachus to meet in order to find out whether his father is still alive? A) Nestor and Odysseus. B) Nestor and Helen. C) Pylos and Nestor. D) Agamemnon and Pylos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestor and Helen. 4. What's the Odyssey's main plot? A) A king ruling over an island. B) A hero fighting monsters. C) A hero journey's back home. D) Zeus and his intervention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hero journey's back home. 5. Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops? A) He felt like it. B) Odysseus is just that mean. C) The Cyclops won't see them escape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cyclops won't see them escape. 6. How would you describe the Laestrygonians? A) They were tan and covered with juices from the lotus fruit. B) They were cannibalistic giants. C) They all had one giant eye. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were cannibalistic giants. 7. In what disguise was Odysseus dressed as when he used the bow and arrow? A) The beggar. B) A slave. C) A king. D) A servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beggar. 8. What does Penelope ultimately decide about marrying a suitor? A) She will. B) She won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She will. 9. Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature? A) A scar on his leg. B) The sound of his voice. C) His "noble bearing". D) She doesn't recognize him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A scar on his leg. 10. Type of Sailboat A) Smithy. B) Lugger. C) Divers. D) Ravage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lugger. 11. What lessons can be learned from the defeat of Odysseus and his men on Ismarus A) Don't be greedy. Take what you need and leave. B) Take a bath for you won't be smelly. C) Get glasses for you can see. D) Ask for help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't be greedy. Take what you need and leave. 12. The ship was named Titanic because it was A) Gigantic. B) Powerful. C) Violent. D) Fancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powerful. 13. The Odyssey lasted ..... years. A) 12. B) 10. C) 7. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 14. In Penelope's archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow? A) Two. B) Eight. C) Twelve. D) Fifteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelve. 15. What is Penelope explaining to Odysseus when she says, "I armed myself long ago against the frauds of men, impostors who might come-and all those many whose underhanded ways bring evil on!" A) Why she chose to let him sleep alone. B) Why she felt the need to test him. C) Why she remained faithful to him. D) Why she let the suitors into her home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why she felt the need to test him. 16. The graphic novel focuses on this part of the story. A) The Land of the Dead. B) The Return of Odysseus. C) The Death of the Suitors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Land of the Dead. 17. Which one of Odysseus' men died by falling off a roof and breaking his neck? A) Acheron. B) Telemachus. C) Antiphates. D) Elpenor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elpenor. 18. Who is the "face that launched a thousand ships" ? A) Hera. B) Eris. C) Penelope. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helen. 19. Hera, the Greek goddess, holds a staff with a ..... at the end. A) Lotus. B) Xenia. C) Pleading. D) The gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lotus. 20. This is the son of Odysseus A) Penelope. B) Zeus. C) Telemachus. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telemachus. ← 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