The Odyssey Quizzes

The Odyssey Quiz 1

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

Sight

Taste

Hearing
2 What is the Greek term for hospitality?
Nostos

Dactlyic

Xenia

Warrior Princess
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?
No one

He does not give him a name

Nothing

Nobody
7 Which immortal imprisons Odysseus on her island for eight years?
Circe

Athena

Calypso

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

She worked on it very slowly

She did a shoddy job of weaving

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

Snakes

Pigs

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

Telemachus' girlfriend

Nausicaa

Melantho
11 Which male servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?
Melanthius

Mentor

Philoitios

Eumaeus
12 Which female servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?
Pilates

Melantho

Eurykleia

Nausicaa
13 Which suitor dies first?
Eurymakhos

Agelaos

Amphinomos

Antinous
14 Which suitor is the most rational?
Amphinomos

Agelaos

Antinoos

Eurymakhos
15 Which suitor is the most hotheaded?
Agelaos

Eurymakhos

Antinous

Amphinomos
16 How does Eurykleia identify Odysseus?
By his scar

By his hair

By his teeth

By his eyes
17 How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
By his knowledge of her birthmark

By a private joke

By his knowledge of her ancestry

By his knowledge of their bed
18 What does Odysseus disguise himself as in the palace?
A salesman

A king

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?
Laertes

Achilles

Agamemnon

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

Homeric slang

Homeric curse

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

Homeric simile

Homeric definition

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

Three

Four

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

Through song

Through lectures

Through publication
25 What rhythm and meter was The Odyssey originally composed in?
Blank verse

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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