The Odyssey Quizzes

The Odyssey Quiz 1

By Teddy Wayne · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed July 23, 2015

1 According to legend, in what sense was Homer deficient?

Touch

Sight

Hearing

Taste
2 What is the Greek term for hospitality?

Xenia

Warrior Princess

Dactlyic

Nostos
3 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest ally?

Poseidon

Zeus

Hermes

Athena
4 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest nemesis?

Zeus

Athena

Hermes

Poseidon
5 Which immortal rules over the other gods?

Hermes

Poseidon

Athena

Zeus
6 What name does Odysseus first give to Polyphemus?

He does not give him a name

Nobody

Nothing

No one
7 Which immortal imprisons Odysseus on her island for eight years?

Calypso

Penelope

Circe

Athena
8 How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a shroud?

She did a shoddy job of weaving

She unwound the shroud each night

She took on other projects as well

She worked on it very slowly
9 What animals are Odysseus' men turned into by Circe?

Pigs

Horses

Snakes

Rabbits
10 Which younger character most likely has a crush on Odysseus?

Nausicaa

Melantho

Telemachus' girlfriend

Athena
11 Which male servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?

Philoitios

Melanthius

Eumaeus

Mentor
12 Which female servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?

Pilates

Nausicaa

Melantho

Eurykleia
13 Which suitor dies first?

Eurymakhos

Amphinomos

Antinous

Agelaos
14 Which suitor is the most rational?

Eurymakhos

Amphinomos

Agelaos

Antinoos
15 Which suitor is the most hotheaded?

Agelaos

Antinous

Amphinomos

Eurymakhos
16 How does Eurykleia identify Odysseus?

By his scar

By his eyes

By his teeth

By his hair
17 How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?

By his knowledge of her ancestry

By his knowledge of their bed

By a private joke

By his knowledge of her birthmark
18 What does Odysseus disguise himself as in the palace?

A king

A salesman

A bard

A beggar
19 What is Odysseus frequently compared to in omens and dreams?

A shark

A lion

A bird of prey

A rabbit
20 Who is Odysseus' father?

Agamemnon

Telemachus

Achilles

Laertes
21 What is the descriptive tag frequently attached to a character's name called (i.e., "gray-eyed Athena")?

Homeric identification

Homeric epithet

Homeric curse

Homeric slang
22 What is the comparative description frequently attached to a natural phenomenon (i.e., "the wine-dark sea") called?

Homeric metaphor

Homeric simile

Homeric definition

Homeric comparison
23 How many "acts," or distinct, major, and equal sections of narrative, is The Odyssey broken into?

Two

Four

One

Three
24 How did Homer originally convey the poem to others?

Through publication

Through lectures

Through song

Through spoken word
25 What rhythm and meter was The Odyssey originally composed in?

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Blank verse

Dactylic hexameter

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