Odyssey Quiz: Books VII–VIII
A reading quiz covers Books VII through VIII of the Odyssey.
Version A
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (VII–VIII)
NameDatePer.
Since all names are provided somewhere on the quiz, correct spelling is required.
1.
How is Odysseus able to get to the palace without being seen?
2.
To whom, specifically, does Odysseus go to invoke the code of hospitality?
3.
In regard to the code of hospitality, what is a benefactor?
4.
What does Odysseus do when he hears the story of his quarrel with Achilles?
5.
What is Aphrodite’s relationship to Hephaistos?
6.
What is Ares the god of?
7.
In what does Hephaistos capture two adulterers?
8.
What is the handicap of the bard Demodocos?
9.
Who is Cronides?
10.
To what do the king’s sons challenge Odysseus?
- ALCINOOS
- APHRODITE
- ARES
- ARETE
- HEPHAISTOS
- HERMES
- POSEIDON
- ZEUS
BONUS:
A.
Who is the grey-eyed goddess?
Version B
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (VII–VIII)
NameDatePer.
Since all names are provided somewhere on the quiz, correct spelling is required.
1.
How is Odysseus able to get to the palace without being seen?
2.
Who makes Odysseus invisible?
3.
Who - at the palace - suspects at first that Odysseus might be a god?
4.
In regard to the code of hospitality, what is a suppliant?
5.
What is Aphrodite’s relationship to Ares?
6.
What is Aphrodite the god of?
7.
What secret does the sun-god tell Hepahistos?
8.
Besides being a bard, how is Demodocos like Homer?
9.
Who is Earthholder?
10.
What does Odysseus do when he hears the story of the Trojan Horse?
- ALCINOOS
- APHRODITE
- ARES
- ARETE
- HEPHAISTOS
- HERMES
- POSEIDON
- ZEUS
BONUS:
A.
Who is the grey-eyed goddess?