The Odyssey Quizzes

The Odyssey Quiz 1

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

Sight

Taste

Touch
2 What is the Greek term for hospitality?
Dactlyic

Nostos

Warrior Princess

Xenia
3 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest ally?
Hermes

Zeus

Poseidon

Athena
4 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest nemesis?
Hermes

Zeus

Athena

Poseidon
5 Which immortal rules over the other gods?
Zeus

Hermes

Poseidon

Athena
6 What name does Odysseus first give to Polyphemus?
He does not give him a name

Nobody

No one

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

Athena

Circe

Penelope
8 How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a shroud?
She did a shoddy job of weaving

She took on other projects as well

She worked on it very slowly

She unwound the shroud each night
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?
Athena

Telemachus' girlfriend

Melantho

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

Mentor

Eumaeus

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

Pilates

Eurykleia

Nausicaa
13 Which suitor dies first?
Antinous

Eurymakhos

Agelaos

Amphinomos
14 Which suitor is the most rational?
Antinoos

Eurymakhos

Amphinomos

Agelaos
15 Which suitor is the most hotheaded?
Amphinomos

Antinous

Agelaos

Eurymakhos
16 How does Eurykleia identify Odysseus?
By his hair

By his scar

By his eyes

By his teeth
17 How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
By his knowledge of her ancestry

By his knowledge of her birthmark

By a private joke

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

A beggar

A king

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

A lion

A shark

A bird of prey
20 Who is Odysseus' father?
Achilles

Laertes

Telemachus

Agamemnon
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 simile

Homeric metaphor

Homeric comparison

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

One

Two

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

Through song

Through publication

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

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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