1. In Penelope’s archery contest,
through how many axes must
Odysseus fire his arrow?
thirty
twelve
eight
two
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2. Which plant makes the sailors
forget their desire to return home?
Hemlock
Lethe-root
Poppy
Lotus
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3. How does Athena disguise herself
to make preparations for
Telemachus’s journey?
As Mentor
As a beggar
As Antinous
As Mephistopheles
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4. Who is Argos?
The Cyclops
Odysseus’s old dog
Penelope’s chief suitor
The master of the winds
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5. Who first finds Odysseus on the
island of Scheria?
Telemachus
King Alcinous
Nausicaa
Circe
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6. Who has an affair with
Eurymachus?
Penelope
Melantho
Circe
Helen
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7. Menelaus is king of which city?
Pylos
Argos
Athens
Sparta
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8. Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based
on what distinguishing feature?
His cunning
A scar on his leg
The sound of his voice
His “noble bearing”
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9. How is Odysseus able to listen
safely to the Sirens’ song?
He isn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the
ship passes the Sirens’ island
He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to
swim to the Sirens’ island
He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast
Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him
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10. Who begs Odysseus to bury
him?
Laertes
Polyphemus
Achilles
Elpenor
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11. Of what did Odysseus’s mother
die?
Drowning
Grief
Old age
Starvation
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12. How old is Telemachus at the
start of the epic?
1910s
1920s
Early twenties
Late forties
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13. What happens to the disloyal
maids after they clean the blood
from the great hall?
They are hanged
They are forgiven
They are whipped
They are dismissed from the
palace
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14. What does Tiresias warn Odysseus
not to harm on his voyage?
The badger of the Mountains
The cattle of the Sun
The serpent of the Seas
The eagle of the Moon
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15. Who kills Antinous’s father?
Eumaeus
Odysseus
Telemachus
Laertes
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16. In about what year was the
Odyssey composed
a.d. 1590
700 b.c.
200 b.c.
1200 b.c.
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17. Who transforms Odysseus’s sailors
into pigs?
Poseidon
Athena
Circe
Calypso
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18. Odysseus left Penelope bound
for what city?
Orinda
Troy
Athens
Sparta
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19. Which goddess often assists Odysseus
and Telemachus, and speaks up for them
in the councils of the gods on Mount
Olympus?
Melantho
Circe
Calypso
Athena
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20. Why does Poseidon despise
Odysseus?
Odysseus tricked him with a disguise
Odysseus blinded his son
Odysseus and his men attacked him
Odysseus does not respect the sea
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21. Which two characters provide a
point of comparison for Odysseus and
Telemachus?
Athena and Zeus
Poseidon and Proteus
Agamemnon and Orestes
Helen and Menelaus
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22. Who does Zeus send to rescue
Odysseus from Calypso?
Hermes
Athena
Poseidon
Nausicaa
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23. What did Ajax do to bring
disaster upon the homecoming
Greek fleet?
He led the fleet between Scylla
and Charybis
He murdered sheep
He raped Cassandra
He ate all of the army’s remaining
rations
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24. What gift does Telemachus
accept from Menelaus?
A band of goats
A silver mixing-bowl finished with a lip of gold
A chariot and team of horses
A monkey
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25. How
long does Odysseus spend on
Calypso’s island?
One year
Seven years
Ten years
Three years
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