The Odyssey Quiz

A With Odysseus telling us about his journey.

B With an invocation to the muses.

C In media res

D Both b and c

E All of the above

A Demeter

B Zeus

C Poseidon

D Athena

A To give an offering to the noble sage at Pylos

B To ask him if he can marry Penelope

C To learn if Odysseus is alive or dead and gone

D To ask for his assistane in fighting the suitors

A He keeps his cool because he knows his father is coming home soon.

B He challenges the suitors to a duel.

C He runs to Eurycleia who was his nurse as an infant.

D He keeps his cool and says he would be happy to simply rule his household.

A Fly over water

B Make men fall asleep and wake up

C Teleport

D Cause earhquakess

A His wife will join him there.

B She will turn him into a swine.

C She will give him great riches

D She will make him immortal.

A build a raft

B find supplies

C draw a map

D collect firewood

A A boat

B A veil

C A turtle

D a sash

A They enchant men by turning them into swine which they cook and eat.

B They have a powerful flower that makes them think about home.

C They eat humans.

D They have a drug and offer it to Odysseus' men.

A the men fall asleep

B the men forget all about home and their mission

C the men could only think about eating it again

D both b and c

A They need his rams and nectar to survive.

B He doesn't want to anger the gods, namely Poseidon.

C They would die there because the stone door is so heavy.

D Both b and c

A Agamemnon

B No one

C Nobody

D Odysseus

A Circe

B Helios

C Zeus

D Poseidon

A honesty

B courage

C strength

D cleverness

A dogs

B swine

C rabbits

D Lotus Eaters

A Athena

B Calypso

C Zeus

D Hermes

A A blind seer who knows Odysseus' mother

B Odysseus' son and heir to his kingdom

C One of Odysseus' men who was killed on Circe's island when he fell from a roof

D A blind seer who gives Odysseus advice in the land of the dead

A happiness

B death

C anguish

D 7 more years at sea

A Laertes

B Nestor

C Telemachus

D Mentes

A turn into pigs

B crash on the rocks

C think of their wives and homeland

D obey Odysseus

A He has his men tie him to the mast.

He puts beeswax in his ears.

C He shouts to block their song.

D He asks Circe for a potion.

A changes the course of his trip.

B hopes and prays for help from Poseidon.

C keeps the truth from his men.

D hides below the shipdeck

A worries that his men will think he is lying.

B hopes that Zeus or Athena will appear and save his men.

C knows that his men will panic and stop rowing.

D fears that his men will change course