Books 1-12 … The Odyssey … Quiz #3
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Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
Eurycleia
Antinous
Nausicaa
Eumaeus
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Athena
Zeus
Aeolus
Circe
Hermes
Calypso
Polyphemus
Leucothea
16. These are people who believe in many gods:
a. Polytheist
b. Polygamist
c. Monotheist
d. Monogamous
17. Who educated epic heroes?
a. Zeus
b. Chiron
c. Polyphemus
d. Athena
18. Who takes off on a ship to find Odysseus?
a. Penelope
b. Eumaeus
c. Telemachus
d. Antinous
19. What has Penelope done to trick the suitors?
a. Hid her wedding ring
b. Told everyone she liked girls
c. Made her servant pretend to be her
d. Undo a tapestry she weaves every
night
20. Where does Nestor tell Telemachus to
journey to?
a. Sparta
b. Mycenae
c. Ithaca
d. Pylos
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b.
c.
d.
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f.
g.
The Phaeacian princess
The king of Ithaca
Odysseus’ nursemaid
A swine herder; very kind
Odysseus’ wife
The lead suitor; a jerk
Odysseus’ son
a. A nymph goddess who holds Odysseus captive for
7 years
b. A witch goddess that turns Odysseus’ men into
swine
c. Zeus’ messenger god
d. The goddess of wisdom and war
e. The god of all gods
f. A Cyclops; Poseidon’s son
g. The god of the wind
h. A goddess that saves Odysseus from drowning by
giving him her veil
21. Who was the high officer that Menelaus says
died?
a. Odysseus
b. Ajax
c. Hector
d. Paris
22. Who does Zeus send to give Calypso a
message?
a. Athena
b. Poseidon
c. Hermes
d. Argos
23. What do people swear by in Greece?
a. The Bible
b. The Blarney Stone
c. The Rainbow
d. The River Styx
24. How does Athena tell Nausicaa to go to the
river where Odysseus is?
a. She appears in her dream
b. She calls her on the phone
c. She leaves her a note under her pillow
d. She appears as a beggar and asks for
help
25. How many men ate the lotus plants on the
Island of the Lotus Eaters?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
26. What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus his
name is?
a. Odysseus
b. Poseidon
c. Nobody
d. Anybody
30. Where does Circe send Odysseus?
a. Sparta
b. Poseidon’s nest
c. Mt. Olympus
d. The Underworld
27. What did Aeolus give Odysseus as a gift?
a. A bag of gold
b. A bag of food
c. A bag of rain
d. A bag of wind
31. Which monster has a beautiful voice that will
drive you to your death?
a. Sirens
b. Charybdis
c. Scylla
28. Which people were mean, brutal and
cannibals?
a. The Laestryogians
b. The Phaeacians
c. The Trojans
d. The Circians
32. Which monster is a giant whirlpool that eats
you and spits you back up in pieces?
a. Sirens
b. Charybdis
c. Scylla
29. What does Circe turn Odysseus’ men into?
a. Bears
b. Lions
c. Pigs
d. Deer
BONUS QUESTIONS (+5 each)
1. What is the name of Circe’s Island?
2. What was the herb Hermes told Odysseus to
eat to become immune to Circe’s spell?
33. Which monster has six heads and eats
people?
a. Sirens
b. Charybdis
c. Scylla