The Odyssey Quizzes

The Odyssey Quiz 1

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

Touch

Sight

Taste
2 What is the Greek term for hospitality?
Nostos

Xenia

Dactlyic

Warrior Princess
3 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest ally?
Poseidon

Athena

Zeus

Hermes
4 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest nemesis?
Poseidon

Hermes

Zeus

Athena
5 Which immortal rules over the other gods?
Hermes

Poseidon

Zeus

Athena
6 What name does Odysseus first give to Polyphemus?
Nobody

He does not give him a name

No one

Nothing
7 Which immortal imprisons Odysseus on her island for eight years?
Penelope

Circe

Athena

Calypso
8 How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a shroud?
She unwound the shroud each night

She did a shoddy job of weaving

She worked on it very slowly

She took on other projects as well
9 What animals are Odysseus' men turned into by Circe?
Pigs

Snakes

Rabbits

Horses
10 Which younger character most likely has a crush on Odysseus?
Telemachus' girlfriend

Melantho

Athena

Nausicaa
11 Which male servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?
Mentor

Melanthius

Eumaeus

Philoitios
12 Which female servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?
Melantho

Eurykleia

Pilates

Nausicaa
13 Which suitor dies first?
Eurymakhos

Agelaos

Amphinomos

Antinous
14 Which suitor is the most rational?
Antinoos

Amphinomos

Eurymakhos

Agelaos
15 Which suitor is the most hotheaded?
Amphinomos

Eurymakhos

Antinous

Agelaos
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 birthmark

By his knowledge of her ancestry

By his knowledge of their bed

By a private joke
18 What does Odysseus disguise himself as in the palace?
A bard

A salesman

A king

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

A rabbit

A lion

A shark
20 Who is Odysseus' father?
Achilles

Agamemnon

Telemachus

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

Homeric curse

Homeric epithet

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

Homeric definition

Homeric simile

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

Four

Three

Two
24 How did Homer originally convey the poem to others?
Through song

Through spoken word

Through lectures

Through publication
25 What rhythm and meter was The Odyssey originally composed in?
Dactylic hexameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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