The Odyssey Quizzes

The Odyssey Quiz 1

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

Sight

Touch

Hearing
2 What is the Greek term for hospitality?
Dactlyic

Nostos

Xenia

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

Hermes

Zeus

Athena
4 What immortal is Odysseus' greatest nemesis?
Athena

Hermes

Poseidon

Zeus
5 Which immortal rules over the other gods?
Zeus

Hermes

Athena

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

Nothing

No one

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

Athena

Penelope

Circe
8 How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a shroud?
She took on other projects as well

She did a shoddy job of weaving

She worked on it very slowly

She unwound the shroud each night
9 What animals are Odysseus' men turned into by Circe?
Pigs

Rabbits

Snakes

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

Melantho

Telemachus' girlfriend

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

Eumaeus

Mentor

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

Nausicaa

Pilates

Eurykleia
13 Which suitor dies first?
Eurymakhos

Agelaos

Antinous

Amphinomos
14 Which suitor is the most rational?
Antinoos

Amphinomos

Eurymakhos

Agelaos
15 Which suitor is the most hotheaded?
Amphinomos

Eurymakhos

Agelaos

Antinous
16 How does Eurykleia identify Odysseus?
By his eyes

By his hair

By his scar

By his teeth
17 How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?
By a private joke

By his knowledge of her birthmark

By his knowledge of their bed

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

A bard

A king

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

A shark

A rabbit

A lion
20 Who is Odysseus' father?
Achilles

Laertes

Agamemnon

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

Homeric identification

Homeric epithet

Homeric curse
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?
Three

Two

One

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

Through publication

Through song

Through lectures
25 What rhythm and meter was The Odyssey originally composed in?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Dactylic hexameter

What universal themes does Homer explore in the Odyssey?

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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