Odyssey Quiz: Books V–VIII
A reading quiz covers Books V through VIII of the Odyssey.
Version A
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (V–VIII)
NameDatePer.
1.
Who decides it is time for Odysseus to escape Calypso’s island home of Ogygia?
2.
Who is Odysseus’ divine enemy who sends a storm to wreck his raft?
3.
How does the sea nymph Leucothoie (Ino) aid Odysseus during the wrecking of his raft?
4.
Who is Nausicaa?
5.
How does Odysseus get to the palace of Prince Alcinoos without being stopped?
6.
What hope do Nausicaa and Alcinoos hold for Odysseus if he were to choose to stay on their island?
7.
How does Hephaistos avenge the shame that Aphrodite and Ares bring upon him?
8.
What ancient Greek custom accounts for Alcinoos’ receiving Odysseus into his palace?
9.
Who is Arete?
10.
What is remarkable about the ships of the Phaiacians that makes them different from all other ships past or present?
BONUS:
A.
Who is Antinoos?
B.
Who is Demodocos?
Version B
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (V–VIII)
NameDatePer.
1.
List four (4) of the eight epic conventions - not characteristics. [use blanks 1–4.]
2.
3.
4.
5.
Of the gods, who takes a message to Calypso to release Odysseus?
6.
Who sends a storm to wreck Odysseus’ raft?
7.
How does the sea nymph Leucothoie (Ino) aid Odysseus during the wrecking of his raft?
8.
Who is Nausicaa?
9.
In what unusual manner does Odysseus make his way to the palace of Prince Alcinoos?
10.
What hope do Nausicaa and Alcinoos hold for Odysseus if he were to choose to stay on their island?
11.
How does Hephaistos avenge the shame that Aphrodite and Ares bring upon him?
12.
13.
What ancient Greek custom accounts for Alcinoos’ receiving Odysseus into his palace?
14.
Who is Arete?
15.
What is remarkable about the ships of the Phaiacians that makes them different from all other ships past or present?
BONUS:
A.
Who is Antinoos?
B.
What is Scheria?
ESSAY QUESTION:
How does Odysseus begin to fulfill the role of hero in the epic in the selections from Books
V–VIII?