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Odyssey TEST
Odyssey TEST
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1
What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to do?
Fight Scylla
Return to Troy
Eat Helios’s cattle
Trust Athena
2
Which god/goddess helps Odysseus most?
Athena
Apollo
Helios
Poseidon
3
Who are the Lotus Eaters?
Sea monsters
Warriors from Troy
People who eat a flower that makes them forget home
Enemies of Odysseus
4
Why is the archery contest held?
To find a new king
To defeat the suitors
For fun
To win Penelope’s hand
5
Which of the following is an
epic simile
?
“His men fell like leaves blown by the wind”
“He looked up at the sky”
“She was very smart”
“Odysseus, master of many exploits”
6
What is an
allusion
?
A lie
A type of poetry
A reference to another work or event
A sound effect
7
What is
dramatic irony
?
When a character gives a speech
When something funny happens
When the audience knows something the characters don’t
When the hero wins
8
Which of the following is NOT a character flaw of Odysseus
ego
strategist
foolish pride
boastful
9
Which goddess helps Odysseus throughout his journey?
Circe
Hera
Athena
Artemis
10
What is an
epithet
?
A comparison
A short phrase describing a character
A long speech
A warning
11
Who is Odysseus’s son?
Telemachus
Argos
Tiresias
Eumaeus
12
Who is the blind prophet Odysseus meets in the underworld?
Telemachus
Eurylochus
Tiresias
Argos
13
What makes
The Odyssey
an epic poem?
It’s written in rhyme
It tells a short moral tale
It’s a long narrative about a hero with supernatural elements
It has funny characters
14
Who are the creatures that sing sailors to their doom?
Charybdis
Sirens
Scylla
Lotus Eaters
15
Who is Odysseus’s loyal old dog?
Tiresias
Argos
Hermes
Helios
16
In The Odyssey, the gods interfere, but humans still make choices
True
False
17
Who is the six-headed monster?
Scylla
Sirens
Charybdis
Cyclops
18
Who is Odysseus’s faithful wife?
Circe
Athena
Penelope
Calypso
19
Which god controls the sun and owns sacred cattle?
Apollo
Hermes
Zeus
Helios
20
Who is the king of the gods in Greek mythology?
Hermes
Apollo
Poseidon
Zeus
21
Loyalty is a theme of the Odyssey
True
False
22
When was
The Odyssey
composed?
3rd century BC
5th century BC
8th century BC
1st century AD
23
Who is the sorceress who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs?
Circe
Calypso
Athena
Siren
24
Who is the god of the sea and Odysseus’s enemy?
Apollo
Poseidon
Zeus
Aeolus
25
Who is the whirlpool monster?
Cyclops
Lotus Eater
Charybdis
Scylla
26
Who is the author of
The Odyssey
?
Sophocles
Homer
Aristotle
Virgil
27
Which Cyclops traps Odysseus and his men?
Scylla
Polyphemus
Helios
Charybdis
28
Who is the sorceress who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs?
Circe
Athena
Siren
Calypso
29
Who is the messenger god?
Aeolus
Hermes
Zeus
Apollo
30
Who gives Odysseus the bag of winds?
Helios
Hermes
Aeolus
Poseidon
