Odyssey Quiz: Books I and IX–XXIV
A quiz for the college course on classical antiquity covers Book I and Books IX through XXIV of the Odyssey.
Classical Antiquity (AL379)Mr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (I, IX–XXIV)
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Since all names are provided somewhere on the quiz, correct spelling is required.
1.
What does the fruit of the Lotos cause?
2.
What permanent disability does Odysseus cause the Cyclopes Polyphemos?
3.
What was the gift of Aiolos to Odysseus?
4.
Into what does Circe change Odysseus’ men?
5.
Where does Circe send Odysseus and his men?
6.
Which does Achilles tell Odysseus he would prefer: immortal fame or a slave’s life?
7.
How does Odysseus personally overcome the threat of the Sirens?
8.
What is Scylla? [I do not want to know what Scylla did.]
9.
What is Charybdis? [I do not want to know what Charybdis did.]
10.
What did Odysseus’ last surviving men do that caused their deaths?
11.
Where do the Phaiacians take Odysseus? [I want the name of the place.]
12.
What do they leave with him?
13.
What does Poseidon threaten to do to Phaiacia?
14.
How does Athena feel about Odysseus’ telling her that he is a fugitive murderer from Crete?
15.
Which Greek ethic does Eumaios’ behavior exemplify?
16.
Who—in fact—is the son of Castor?
17.
Who warns Telemachos of the suitors’ ambush?
18.
What bird carries off a goose in an omen interpreted by Helen?
19.
Of what crime has Theoclymenos, the prophet, been accused?
20.
Who/what does Telemachos at first suspect Odysseus to be?
21.
How does Odysseus respond to the goatherd’s kicking him?
22.
How does Antinoos treat the new beggar (Odysseus)? [Be specific.]
23.
Why does Penelope want to see the new beggar?
24.
How is Odysseus’ old nurse able to identify him?
25.
What scheme does Penelope establish as a method of choosing a husband from among the suitors?
26.
What would Penelope actually prefer to marriage, if Odysseus should not return?
27.
How does Telemachos surprise the suitors in the actual contest?
28.
How does Argos, Odysseus’ loyal hunting dog, respond to seeing his master’s return?
29.
Who is Eurycleia?
30.
Who is Melanthios?
31.
Why does Odysseus reveal his true identity to Eumaios and Philoitios?
32.
To what does Penelope publicly admit by declaring the contest among the suitors?
33.
Who is the first person to attempt to string Odysseus’ bow?
34.
Who is the first suitor to attempt to string Odysseus’ bow?
35.
Describe his attempt in no more than a word or two.
36.
Who is the first to fall to Odysseus’ arrows?
37.
What secret finally establishes Odysseus’ true identity for Penelope?
38.
What is the final change Athena works on Odysseus’ appearance?
39.
Who is Laertes?
40.
What is Odysseus to do in order to finally appease the wrath of Poseidon?