Odyssey Quiz: Books VII–X
A reading quiz covers Books VII through X of the Odyssey.
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (VII–X)
NameDatePer.
1.
How does Odysseus get to the palace of Prince Alcinoos without being stopped?
2.
How does Hephaistos avenge the shame that Aphrodite and Ares bring upon him?
3.
What ancient Greek custom accounts for Alcinoos’ receiving Odysseus into his palace?
4.
Identify Arete.
5.
What is the danger of the exotic fruit found by Odysseus’ men in the land of the Lotos-Eaters? [In other words, what does the fruit make his men do?]
6.
What alias does Odysseus use when talking to the Cyclopes?
7.
What is the gift of Aiolos to Odysseus?
8.
What kind of people are the Laistrygonians? [I’m interested not in their personalities but in their remarkable eating habits.]
9.
What does Circe do to Odysseus’ men before Odysseus himself arrives?
10.
When Odysseus and his men leave Circe’s island, where does she send them?
BONUS:
A.
Identify Demodocos.
B.
Identify Elpenor.
C.
Identify Antinoos.